Chocolate croissant bread pudding recipe

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Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding

This Chocolate Bread Pudding comes from Lauren Chattman's cookbook, Dessert Express: 100 Sweet Treats You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less. Quick & easy desserts for cute cupcakes, chocolate fondue, ice cream sundaes, cookies and more!

Dessert Express
Lauren Chattman's new cookbook, Dessert Express, has 100 awesome recipes in its pages. From Quick Cookies to Ice Cream in an Instant, this book has it all, and they're all do-able in a half an hour or less. Check my Dessert Express review to see for yourself, then come back and make this warm & cozy Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding for tonight's dessert. Remember, 30 minutes or less, so you can whip this baby up in no time!

Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding Recipe

• 4 day old croissants (about 2 ounces each)
• 2/3 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 6 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup half-and-half
• 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into tiny pieces

How To Make Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Arrange four creme brulee dishes or 6-ounce ramekins on a baking sheet.
• Tear the croissants into 1-inch pieces and arrange half of the pieces in the dishes or ramekins. Sprinkle with the chocolate chips. Top with the remaining croissant pieces.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the whole egg, egg yolk, sugar, and half-and-half and pour over the croissants. Dot each pudding with the butter. Put the baking sheet in the oven and bake the puddings until set, about 15 minutes. Serve warm or let stand for n hour and serve at room temperature.
• Serves 4

Title: Dessert Express: 100 Sweet Treats You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less
Author: Lauren Chattman
Publisher: Taunton; illustrated edition edition (September 2, 2008)
Photographer: Alexandra Grablewski
ISBN-10: 1600850189
ISBN-13: 978-1600850189
US - $17.95 Canada - $21.00
Paperback: 176 pages

 

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Dessert Express: 100 Sweet Treats You Can Make in 30 Minutes or Less cover art, Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding photo and recipe, used with permission in writing from The Taunton Press.