We are hosting Thanksgiving with a few friends, everyone is bringing a few favorite dishes to ensure a true feast. Joe is in charge of the turkey this year, we will brine and fry it outside. Then mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, green salad, fresh cranberry sauce, and an indulgent chocolate bread pudding. You all need to try that bread pudding!
Chocolate Bread Pudding from Joy of Cooking
Serves 10-12
1 pound challah, brioche or other light egg bread. (Our bakery sells a loaf that works great!)
1 C heavy cream
3/4 C sugar
1/8 tsp salt
12 oz bitter or semi sweet chocolate, chopped (I've used 11.5 oz of Ghirardelli chips, no chopping)
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2 C whole milk
1 Tbsp vanilla
1. Cut your loaf of bread into 1/2 inch chunks, keep the crumb, not the crust. You should have 6-7 cups, set aside.
2. Bring cream, sugar and salt to a boil while stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat, then add chocolate.
4. Let it stand for 2 minutes, then whisk until smooth.
5. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs and yolks, then add milk and vanilla.
6. Whisk in the chocolate mixture, then stir in the bread.
Let it stand for 1 to 2 hours, gently pressing and stirring occasionally to help absorb all the liquid.
7. Preheat the oven to 325F
8. Generously butter/spray a shallow 2 quart baking dish, and pour in the pudding mixture.
9. Bake in a water bath(a second pan, filled with warm water about half way up your baking dish) until the center feels firm - 55 - 65 minutes. Let it cool a bit before serving with whipped cream, cool-whip or a sauce of your choice! Refrigerate any leftovers.
I wish I had a picture of the bread pudding, so yummy and rich. Perfect to go with the rest of our feast and the other desserts being baked up :) It's easy enough to bake anytime too, but be sure to share - it's a lot!
The winner of Saving Sammy has been announced, and I just received another book to review in January! Someone asked how I have time to read -- if I don't take a few minutes off of the computer or sewing machine before bed, I can't fall asleep - no matter how tired I am! My brain needs a little bit of wind down time.
I am planning to update my last post with more book suggestions today - I think it is such a great reference for everyone! Thank you for sharing.
One last thing -- Have you noticed the fabric shops sponsoring my blog!? Some of my favorites - and I'm so excited that they would want to be on my sidebar - check them out for all your fabric needs (and wants)!
Happy Monday~
Amy
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15 comments:
Can you believe it's already Thanksgiving week? It seems like it's come so fast!! :)
Oh dear...chocolate bread pudding sounds yummy... I have traditionally made persimmon pudding and carrot puddings ( an old Irish recipe that has potatoes and carrots, raisins nuts and is steamed.) Happy Thanksgiving to you.
That's a DANGEROUS recipe for me! I love bread pudding!!! :D
Thanks for posting it :D
What are some things your kids are asking for this year??
Amy, I don't know how I missed the post about Saving Sammy. I am going out to get that book now. I will e-mail you and tell you my personal story. This particular post has touched me. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving, Amy! Can't go wrong with Chocolate Bread Pudding! Sounds delicious!
How fun that you met Marie! I love her blog. I forget how many crafty bloggers there are in Utah.
hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
I'm like you I can't go to sleep until I've wind down with a book. I love your book list. I've requested several from it from the library. Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I'm so glad you took some time to do some shopping by yourself! Did you find anything fun for your kid's? Did you make it to Oh Sweet Sadie or just Tom and Lucy's?
Sounds like some fun thanksgiving plans! Now I am off to look at yummy fabrics at some of your sponsors because one must do that frequently :)
I've a very similar choc bread butter pudding recipe and I've never managed a picture because it's gone as soon as it's out of the oven hehe
Hmm... maybe I'll try that bread pudding. It sounds delicious!
Love your Christmas stocking tute! I featured it on somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
We don't have Thanksgiving in Australia but I might have to start it just for some pudding , yum!
Sounds like you have a wonderful Thanksgiving planned. Then ... you're going to have to join me and pick up the pace on that shopping LOL!
This is a cool niche for a blog. There really are sponsors for everything under the sun out there.
Anyway, I saw one of your comments over at Problogger and just thought I'd pop in to say hi. Good luck!
OOh! SOunds delicious!
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