Bread Pudding

I had some bread that needed eating, and I've been kind of craving bread pudding lately, so I decided to give it try. I wanted something custardy and rich, but I was also too lazy to go out and buy heavy cream. So I ended up with something in the middle. The bread I used is a part whole wheat, part oatmeal bread, which gave it a nice hearty flavor. I sprinkled in some chocolate chips - just enough so that R would eat it, but not so much that I would feel bad giving some to J too. 

Ingredients:

3 thick slices of bread, cubed

4 eggs

2 c milk

1/2 c sugar

1/4 t ground vanilla

1/2 t vanilla extract

handful of chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Put bread cubes in 8 inch square pan. Sprinkle with chocolate chips. Whisk remaining ingredients until well combined. Pour over bread cubes, making sure bread is completely saturated. Bake 45 minutes.

After pouring the custard into the pan, I decided I could squeeze more bread in, so I ended up using almost 4 slices of bread. In the end, I think it was a mistake, making the pudding too dry.