My Christmas Chocolate Bread Pudding // Step by Step ❤️

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate bars

Dark chocolate offers a richer flavor with less sugar

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey is a natural sweetener that adds moisture

eggs

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: silken tofu

Flaxseed meal is a vegan alternative that binds well

Preheat the oven to 325°F.

Tear the kala bread into bite-sized pieces and place on two cookie sheets.

Toast the bread in the oven for 10-12 minutes until slightly golden.

Soak 1/3 cup of raisins in bourbon, covering them completely, and set aside.

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt 3 tablespoons of butter.

Add 4 1/2 cups of half and half to the melted butter and whisk until it comes to a light simmer, but do not boil.

Remove from heat and add 1 1/4 cups of semi-sweet chocolate morsels, whisking until melted and smooth.

Stir in 1/2 cup of unsweetened cocoa powder until fully incorporated.

Add 1/4 teaspoon of salt and 1 1/2 cups of light brown sugar, whisking until dissolved.

In a separate bowl, lightly beat 5 large eggs and add 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, then mix into the chocolate mixture.

Add the soaked raisins and bourbon to the chocolate mixture, then pour it over the toasted bread.

Gently mix to ensure all bread pieces are soaked without overmixing.

Butter a 9x13 baking dish with the remaining tablespoon of butter.

Pour the bread mixture into the buttered dish and cover it with plastic wrap.

Refrigerate for 1 hour (or overnight for best results).

After 1 hour, remove from the fridge and top with 1 cup of chopped pecans and any remaining chocolate morsels.

Bake uncovered in the preheated oven at 350°F for 55 minutes to 1 hour.

Let the bread pudding sit for about 10 minutes after baking to set before serving.

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