252.Brown bread pudding Recipe: Low Fat, Low Sugar

Serves 4

8 slices wholemeal bread

black treacle or molasses- just enough to spread on the bread

4 oz / 100 g dates, well chopped

1 oz cocoa powder mixed in 1/2 pint / 280 ml water

• Spread a thin layer of treacle on each slice of bread.
• Put two slices of bread in the bottom of a greased pie dish.
• Add a layer of dates, then sprinkle with cocoa.
• Add the remaining layers of bread, dates and cocoa.
• Bake in a preheated oven, gas mark 3, 325 F, 160 C for 20 minutes