Eight minutes in the microwave will do it. Eat hot or cold, for breakfast or dessert. Pour some milk or coffee creamer over it for fun or for more calories.
Microwave Mocha Bread Pudding
1 small bar of chocolate, cut up; or 1/2 cup of chocolate chips; or 1/2 cup of chocolate syrup
1 cup cold black brewed (not instant) coffee
1 cup milk
1 big spoonful oil or melted margarine
1 egg, beaten with a fork, or 2 big spoonfuls of egg subsitute
1/4 cup of sugar
About four or five cups of dry bread cubes, but not rye, sourdough, or pumpernickel
1/4 of a small spoonful of cinnamon (if you like)
1. Chop up the bread into cubes and put them into a big glass or pyrex bowl.
2. Put chocolate, coffee, milk and oil in a medium-sized glass or pyrex bowl. Microwave on high for three minutes. Then stir in the eggs and sugar. Pour this liquid over the bread cubes and mix it all up. Sprinkle cinnamon on top if you want.
3. Microwave on High setting for 8 minutes. (Microwave it too long and it will be dryish.) Let stand 5 minutes. Eat warm, or chilled. Makes 4 huge servings, 6 medium ones.
