Choc Chip Bread & Butter Pudding & Butterscotch Sauce

Submitted by Mandy

"An economical dessert, pudding or an extravagant breakfast, this one is sure to please!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 125 g butter
• 10 slices bread
• 4 eggs
• 1⁄4 cup caster sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
• cinnamon sugar
• ground nutmeg

• Butterscotch Sauce

• 125 g butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 300 ml thickened cream

directions

1. Butter a 10x20cm loaf dish and set aside.
2. Butter bread slices and remove crusts, cut to required shape to fit you pan.
3. Whisk eggs & sugar until pale, gradually blend in milk & vanilla.
4. Place a layer of buttered bread over the base of the prepared dish. Sprinkle with a little chocolate.
5. Pour over enough custard mix to just cover the bread layer. Continue layering, bread chocolate & custard until pan is full, finishing with a layer of bread.
6. Drizzle with any remaining custard & dust with cinnamon sugar & nutmeg.
7. Place pan into a baking dish filled with enough water to to come halfway up the sides of the pan.
8. Bake at 180°C for 1 hour or until firm.
9. Prepare butterscotch sauce - Melt butter & sugar together in a saucepan, stir in cream.
10. Bring to the boil, stirring, reduce heat, simmer for 3 minutes or until slightly thickened.
11. Serve pudding with warm sauce and cream if desired.