Coconut Bread Pudding from the Rainforest Cafe

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• Ready In: 1 hr 50 mins
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1  lb  loaf  white bread, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 1⁄2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
• 1⁄3 cup  dried apricot, julienne cut
• 30  ounces  Coco Lopez
• 2  cups  whole milk
• 1  tablespoon vanilla extract
• 6  large eggs
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
•  vanilla ice cream
•  chocolate shavings
•  whipped cream
•  toasted coconut
•  powdered sugar

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Line bottom of a 10 x 13 x 3 inch pan with half of the white bread. Evenly sprinkly half of the julienne apricots and half of the shredded coconut over the white bread. Top that with the remaining bread cubes and then the remaining apricots and coconut. Distribute evenly. In a sauce pan, heat milk, coconut cream, vanilla and granulated sugar until the sugar completely dissolves and the milk is tepid but not hot. Stir occasionally. Remove from heat. In a separate mixing bowl, beat the eggs, then temper them by slowly adding 1 cup of warm milk mixture while stirring. Slowly pour the egg/milk mixture back in the warm milk and stir until well incorporated. Ladle the mixture over the bread, making sure all the bread gets moist. Cover the foiland bake in a water bath for 1 hour. Remove foil and bake for another 5-10 minutes until golden.
3. Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on one side and whipped cream on the other. Sprinkle whipped cream with chocolate shavings and dust bread pudding with powdered sugar. Finish with toasted coconut on the ice cream.
4. Source: Rainforest Cafe.