Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding

My grandson will not eat raisins, which I normally put in my bread pudding, so this recipe was born.

8-10 cups of white bread, cut into cubes of 1 inch  (I like to let my bread sit out for a 3-4 hours before cubing it; it helps in cutting it)

1 stick of butter

1 1/2 cups of brown sugar

5 eggs, beaten

2 1/2 cups of whole milk

1 Tablespoon of vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

2 cups chocolate morsels ( I used the mini ones)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Butter the bottom and sides of a 9x 13 baking dish.  Put bread cubes in the pan.  Melt butter and drizzle over the top of bread cubes.    In a large mixing bowl, mix beaten eggs, milk, brown sugar,  vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.  Sprinkle 1 1/2 cups of morsels over bread.  Pour milk/egg mixture on top and lightly press down to make sure each cube is soaking.  Let sit 10 minutes.  Bake for 45 minutes-1 hours until bread is firm and not wiggling.   Remove from oven and sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of morsels on top, while pudding is hot.  Serve with ice cream or whipped topping.