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Chocolate Bread Pudding with Whiskey Cream Sauce

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chocolate twist on traditional bread pudding with a boozy cream sauce

Ingredients

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  • Chocolate Bread Pudding
  • 8 slices (3 heaping cups) stale or dried bread
  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 stick butter (4 tablespoons)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 ounces semisweet chocolate
  • pinch of salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/4 cup whiskey
  • extra 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1 tablespoon sugar for topping
  • Whiskey Cream Sauce
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cornstarch
  • 1/4 cup whiskey
  • 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
  2. Over low heat in a small saucepan, warm the milk, butter, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, both sugars, salt, and chocolate just until the butter melts.
  3. Meanwhile prepare a 8 inch square baking dish and cut or tear bread into small, bite sized pieces into the prepared baking dish.
  4. Pour the hot milk mixture over the bread. Let sit for a few minutes, submerging any pieces of bread that rise to the top.
  5. Beat the eggs in a separate bowl with the whiskey. And stir them into the bread mixture.
  6. Mix together the remaining cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over the top.
  7. Set the baking dish in a larger baking pan or dish and pour hot water into the larger pant to within about an inch of the bread pudding dish.
  8. Bake for 45 to 60 minutes or until a butter knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Serve warm or cold with or without whiskey cream sauce.
  9. Whiskey Cream Sauce
  10. In a small saucepan set over medium heat, combine the cream, milk, and sugar.
  11. Place the cornstarch and 1/4 cup whiskey in a small bowl, whisk to combine. Pour the cornstarch and whiskey into the cream mixture and bring to a boil.
  12. Once the sauce begins to boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes.
  13. Remove the sauce from heat and stir in the butter. Serve warm over bread pudding.

Notes

  • Feel free to omit chocolate for more traditional bread pudding recipe

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