Chocolate-banana Bread Pudding

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 teaspoon unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 3 bananas, sliced 1/3 inch thick
• 1 cup milk
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 10 slices bread, lightly toasted
• 6 (1 5/8 ounce) milk chocolate candy bars, broken into small pieces

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper or foil liners.
• 2 in nonstick skillet, melt the butter with the brown sugar over moderately high heat.
• 3 add the banana slices and cook, turning once, until caramelized, about 3 minutes.
• 4 the bananas should be softened and sticky. remove from the heat and let cool.
• 5 in large bowl, whisk together milk, eggs and vanilla.
• 6 stack the toasted bread, slice off the crusts and cut the bread into 4 triangles.
• 7 add the bread to the custard and let soak until the custard is absorbed, about 10 minutes.
• 8 stir in the cooled caramelized bananas and the chocolate.
• 9 spoon mixture into the prepared muffin cups (they will be very full).
• 10 bake the puddings until puffy and golden, about 25 minutes.