Title: Buttery apple brown betty (mf)
 Categories: Cob/crisp-d, Fruit-des, Nut-des
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    1/4 c  Finely chopped walnuts
    1/4 c  Flour
    3/4 ts Ground cinnamon
      1 pn Salt
      4 tb Chilled butter
      4 sl Dried out egg bread; brioche
           -or challah bread, crusts
           -removed and cut into
           -3/4inch cubes
    1/3 c  Melted butter
      1 c  Raisins soaked in rum; port
           -or cognac
      4    Granny smith or golden
           -delicious apples, peeled
           -and cored, quartered and
           -sliced
           Vanilla ice cream or whipped
           -cream, for garnish
 
  Mix walnuts, flour, cinnamon and salt together, set aside.
  
  Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Lightly butter a 9 inch square
  baking pan.
  
  Cut the chilled butter into the walnut and cinnamon flour, with a
  pastry blender or fork until it is like coarse crumbs; set aside.
  
  Drizzle melted butter over cubed bread to coat, then toss with apples
  and raisins
  
  Transfer apples and bread to a baking dish and top with walnut flour
  topping; bake for 45 minutes or until crisp. Serve hot or warm with
  ice cream.
  
  Yield: 6 servings
  
  Note that if you are starting out with fresh bread, then dry it out
  first in an oven