Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding

• BANANA BREAD
• 1/3 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans, lightly toasted
• BREAD PUDDING
• 3 cups half-and-half cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 dash fine salt

1. BANANA BREAD: Beat butter & sugar until light & fluffy; add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. Stir in banana & vanilla; Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda & salt, add to banana mixture, stirring just until blended.
3. Stir in chocolate chips & pecans and scrape batter into a greased 9 inch square pan; bake in preheated 350F oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
4. Cool in pan on a rack for 15 minutes; turn out & cool completely.
5. BREAD PUDDING: Grease a 9 inch square pan & line with parchment so that some of the parchment hangs over the sides.
6. Cut banana bread into one inch cubes & layer in pan.
7. Heat cream & vanilla to just below a simmer; pour over chocolate, whisking gently to melt.
8. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, banana & salt; slowly add the hot cream mixture, whisking constantly until blended.
9. Strain the chocolate custard mixture over the cubed banana bread, press down to soak & let sit for 15 minutes.
10. Place the bread pudding dish into a large baking pan with a 2 inch lip; pour an inch of boiling water into the baking pan.
11. Bake in a 300F preheated oven for 55 to 65 minutes or until a cake tester inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean.
12. Remove the pan from the water bath & let cool; to serve, use edges of parchment to lift out, cut into squares & serve warm or room temperature.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-banana-bread-pudding-147318 (may not work)