Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

• 1 loaf Brioche, Challah, or other sweet bread
• 4 oz. butter, melted
• 16 oz. white chocolate, chunked
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 vanilla bean, split
• 8 large eggs

Directions

1. Cut the brioche loaf into 1 inch dice. Place ina 2 qt. baking dish. Drizzle with melted butter. Toss the chunked white chocolate with bread cubes.

2. Combine milk, cream, sugar, and vanilla bean and bring to a boil over medium heat until sugar is disolved. Whisk eggs until smooth. Add hot milk mixture to eggs slowly, stirring constantly. Do not wish or custard will have a great deal of foam on the surface. Skim foam from custard. Strain custard over bread and chocolate. Let stand for 10 minutes to allow custard to soak into the bread.

3. Place baking dish in another larger pan. Pour hot water into larger dish to reach 1 inch up side of dish. Bake the bread pudding for about 45 minutes to 1 hour until custard is set and brioche is golden.

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