Decadent Chocolate Cherry Bread Pudding

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 3 eggs
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)
• 1 cup sweet cherries, pitted and chopped (fresh or frozen)
• 1 3/4 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups cubed chocolate bread
• 1/2 cup dried cherries

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 in large bowl, beat eggs; add sweetened condensed milk, cherries, water, butter, and vanilla.
• 3 stir in bread and dried cherries, moistening completely.
• 4 turn into buttered 9-inch square baking pan.
• 5 bake 50 to 55 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. cool.
• 6 serve warm with ice cream if desired. store leftovers covered in refrigerator.