Baked Chocolate Pudding

The Barefoot Contessa's Baked Chocolate Pudding

This month's Good Housekeeping magazine had wonderful Thanksgiving recipes by Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa. 

Hers is the main show I watch on Food Network and I've tried many of her recipes over the years so I ripped out her Thanksgiving recipes from the magazine to try this fall.

I made her Baked Chocolate Pudding to take to Book Club this week.

Of course, I had to make a smaller version for my 3 boys as well!

It's a pretty standard recipe that only takes a few minutes to put together.

You create a water bath for baking the dish.

I'd recommend using a shallow 2 qt. dish, which I did for the Book Club version I took.

This dish was too deep, but it worked OK.

Ignore the holes - that's where I tested to make sure it was set.

Instead of a toothpick I used a butter knife - hence the holes.

Here's the version I scooped up for my family.

I loved the crispy top and creamy under layer.

The Book Club liked it and my boys loved it.

I'll definitely make it again.

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Enjoy!