Romanian Apple Bread Pudding

Description
In Romanian: Budinca de mere

Ingredients

 * 5 – 6 tart apples
 * 2 French baguettes (2 – 3 days old)
 * 3 cups milk
 * 3 eggs
 * 2 oz / 50 g raisins or sour cherries from preserves
 * ½ cup sugar
 * 4 oz / 100 g butter
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla
 * salt
 * butter and bread crumbs for the mold

Directions

 * 1) Peel, halve, remove seeds and cut apples in finger thick slices.
 * 2) Cut the baguettes in finger thick slices too.
 * 3) Dunk each bread slice in a mixture of beaten eggs, milk, vanilla and salt.
 * 4) Grease a round mold or pan with butter and arrange soaked bread slices on the bottom and sides.
 * 5) On top of the bread slices, arrange apple slices.
 * 6) Then sprinkle with sugar and raisins or sour cherries from preserves.
 * 7) Then arrange another layer of soaked bread slices, then a layer of apple slices.
 * 8) Sprinkle with sugar and raisins or sour cherries from preserves.
 * 9) Continue until all apples are used up.
 * 10) The last layer must be bread slices.
 * 11) Pour the remaining egg-milk mixture on top.
 * 12) Dot with little pieces of butter.
 * 13) Bake until golden.
 * 14) Serve hot.