Scrummy Very Rich Easy Bread Pudding

• cups roughly chopped day-old white bread4
• large eggs, whisked↗3
• cup milk↗1
• cup heavy cream↗1
• cup sugar↗3⁄4
• teaspoon vanilla↗1
• teaspoon salt↗1⁄4
• cup roughly chopped chocolate candy bar1⁄2
• cup cranberries↗1⁄2
• tablespoons brandy↗2
• butter↗
• extra sugar
• ground cinnamon↗

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Cranberries and brandy in a bowl to soak.

2. 2

   Use the bit of butter to grease a small casserole dish; I use a 10-inch round casserole, but you get the drift.

3. 3

   Chop up bread into bite size pieces, uniformity just doesn't matter.

4. 4

   Chop up chocolate, and just leave it sitting on the chopping block with the bread.

5. 5

   Whisk eggs, milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, salt.

6. 6

   Dump in bread, chocolate, cranberry/brandy and stir it all up.

7. 7

   Dump into greased pan.

8. 8

   Flatten out the top, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.

9. 9

   Bake at 350°F for 30 minute.

10. 10

    --So to summarize -- chop chop stir dump shove in oven -- not so bad huh? Enjoy! It is very nice with homemade whipped cream.