Mocha Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 9 cups french bread, cut into 1 in. cubes
• 1/2 cup splenda granular, sugar substitute
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 4 egg whites
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 (12 ounce) cans fat-free evaporated milk, divided
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 places bread cubes in a greased 2 qt baking dish. combine sugar, cocoa and coffee in a small bowl.
• 2 beat egg whites, 2 2/3 cups evaporated milk, vanilla, and water until well blended then stir into sugar mix.
• 3 pour over bread, pressing bread into milk mix.
• 4 bake at 350 degrees f for 50-55 minutes.
• 5 **if you'd like you can make a caramel sauce for this by combining 2/3 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup light butter and 1 tbsp light corn syrup in a saucepan and cook over med-low heat for 2-3 minutes. then you can take the remaining evaporated milk and stir that in--bring to a boil and cool for 1 minutes. serve on top of the bread pudding.