Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding great dessert on a cold day plus optional flavours

8x10 casserole dish  350 degrees   45 mins

2 cups milk   ( I use 1 cup half and half,1 cup milk)

2 cups stale cubed bread   ( I buy day old bread at the bakery)

1/4 cup butter

2 eggs  beaten

1/3 cup sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup chocolate chips 

1 tsp cocoa powder

in a saucepan heat up milk (DO NOT BOIL) remove for heat

add butter, add vanilla, sugar, cocoa powder stir until sugar is dissolved

stir in bread

add in beaten eggs

pour into casserole dish

stir in 1/4 cup choc.chips and then sprinkle the rest over the top

cover with foil for 35 min

uncover and continue baking 10 more mins.

serve warm with ice cream or fresh whipped cream.

Another fantastic variation is 

Stir 1/2 cup pumpkin pie filling and 1/2 tsp cinnamon,nutmeg  (instead of the chocolate chips and cocoa).  Into your warm milk,egg,sugar mixture.

Tastes like a pumpkin pie without all the work.

So freaking good.