Chocolate Apricot Bread Pudding

• 3 slices firm white bread
• 1 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1 12 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine
• 1 14 cups milk
• 1 large egg
• 13 cup sugar
• 12 cup vanilla
• 14 cup dried apricot, chopped
• vanilla ice cream

1. Preheat oven to 375^F.
2. Butter 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
3. Spread the soften butter on one side of each slice of bread and cut into 1/2 inch pieces.
4. Melt the chocolate in milk in a small saucepan over moderate heat, whisking until smooth.
5. Combine the egg and sugar in a small bowl and add to the hot milk mixture in a steady stream.
6. Stir in vanilla, bread, and apricots.
7. Transfer to loaf pan and let stand 5 minutes.
8. Bake 25 to 30 minutes until a tester comes out clean.
9. Serve warm with ice cream.

white bread, unsalted butter, chocolate, milk, egg, sugar, vanilla, apricot, vanilla ice cream

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-apricot-bread-pudding-56785 (may not work)