Milk Chocolate and Mixed Nut Bread Pudding

• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 cups cubed day old bread, crusts removed
• 4 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup chopped lightly salted cashews and peanuts
• 1 milk chocolate bar chopped, reserve 1 tablespoon for garnish

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Melt the butter in non-stick saute pan.
3. Add the cubed bread, allowing bread to toast and soak in butter.
4. When the bread is golden brown, remove from the pan and set aside.
5. In a deep bowl, add eggs, vanilla, sugar, and cream and mix well.
6. Add the toasted bread, nuts, and chocolate and combine well.
7. Let the bread stand in the mixture for 1 hour or until bread has soaked all the mixture.
8. Grease the bottom and sides of a 10-inch baking dish.
9. Pour the mixture into the prepared dish and bake for 35 minutes.
10. Serve warm with extra chopped chocolate pieces as garnish.

butter, bread, eggs, vanilla, sugar, heavy cream, cashews, milk chocolate

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/milk-chocolate-and-mixed-nut-bread-pudding-recipe0.html (may not work)