Just what does everyone make with the milk, bread, and eggs they buy before a big storm hits? One possibility when you're all holed up is bread pudding! OK, so this one is a little richer with half-and-half instead of milk, and you've got to have some chocolate and bananas on hand. But when you need a break from shoveling a foot of snow and shaking your fist at the plowmen who piled a snow wall at your driveway, there will be bread pudding waiting for you.
Not my house, in case you had stalking intentions. But the scene is pretty. My honest thoughts about the bread pudding? Definitely better cold, and not warm from the oven. And it was good, but I think I had built up my expectations too high. I'd rather have chocolate cake, or a banana split. Even better, cinnamon raisin bread pudding.
The bread was soaked in the chocolate custard overnight. I almost forgot to add the bananas the next morning before they went in the oven! You can see that I switched the square pan up to a larger size. Both the ramekins and the 10-by-7-inch pan were done in 45 minutes, in case you're interested in making smaller batches. I also halved the recipe, since it makes a lot of bread pudding!
