Apple French Bread Bake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces french bread, loaf (with crust)
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 large apples
• 6 ounces cream cheese, 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped
• whipped cream or vanilla ice cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. cut bread into 3/4 inch cubes. place 6 tbsp butter into bottom of a large baking pan. melt in oven.
• 2 add bread cubes and toss to coat evenly. bake bread until crisp and slightly browned, stirring occasionally (about 20 minutes). remove bread from oven and raise temp to 400 degrees.
• 3 simmer brown sugar, water, and cinnamon in a saucepan until the sugar is dissolved and it is syrupy (about 5 minutes). add 2 tbsp butter to mixture while hot and stir until melted.
• 4 peel and core apples and cut into a small dice. combine apples, bread cubes, cream cheese cubes, and walnuts. pour syrup over all and toss to coat.
• 5 butter a 9x13 inch dish well. pour mixture into buttered dish and spread evenly. bake in 400 degree oven for 40 minutes. if browning too quickly, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
• 6 serve warm topped with whipped cream or ice cream!