Dulce De Leche And Chocolate Chunk Bread Pudding

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 slices egg bread (about 4x5 inch slices,crusts trimmed, cut into 1 inch cubes)
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, divided
• 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 1 cup dulce de leche, topping plus more or 1 cup butterscotch caramel sauce, plus more
• dulce de leche, topping for serving or 1 cup butterscotch caramel sauce, for serving
• 4 large eggs
• 2 large egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons dark rum
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (about 3 oz.)
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 place bread in large bowl and drizzle with 3 tablespoonfuls melted butter; toss.
• 3 transfer to rimmed baking sheet.
• 4 bake until bread begings to color,stirring occasionally, about 12 minutes; cool.
• 5 brush a 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish with 1 tablespoon melted butter.
• 6 stir whipping cream and 1 cup dulce de leche in medium saucepan over medium heat until blended and bubbling.
• 7 remove from heat.
• 8 whisk eggs and yolks in large bowl.
• 9 add rum,vanilla and salt; gradually whisk in warm dulce de leche mixture.
• 10 stir in bread cubes and let soak 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 11 mix chocolate chips into custard/bread mixture.
• 12 pour into prepared dish and sprinkle with 2 tablespoons sugar.
• 13 bake pudding until puffed and set in center, about 35 minutes.
• 14 let cool 15 minutes.
• 15 dust with powdered sugar.
• 16 serve warm, passing more dulce de leche sauce alongside.