Apple pie-like bread

Apple pie-like bread (vegan)
26 March 2019

I had difficulties naming this because it's neither apple pie nor bread pudding. I had too much bread left and I wanted to make bread pudding but I don't like the sogginess of it. So I created this. Smells and tastes like apple pie, bread was not soggy. You can tweak the sweetness with the amount of honey and raisins you add. I found mine a tad sweet so I have reduced the honey from 1.5 to 1 tablespoon below. 
Note though that there is nothing holding the shape so it will fall apart after you bake it. If you want it to be presentable, you can consider making it in a cupcake cases so you can eat directly out of it. Overall it's a will-make-it-again kind of recipe for me.


Makes 1 round 8-inch cake pan.

INGREDIENTS

For the base and filling

• About 6 slices of bread
• 2 apples (I used 1 apple and 1 pear, that's what I had)
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1 tablespoon of honey
• 2 teaspoons of cinnamon
• 1 cup of soya milk
• 1/2 cup of water/soya milk (for adjustment to be added only at the end when all are mixed together, depending on whether you have enough excess liquid to wet the bottom layer of bread)

For the topping

• 1 cup of regular rolled oats
• 3 tablespoons of brown sugar
• 1/4 cup of olive oil
• 1/8 teaspoon of salt

METHOD

1. Cut off the sides of the bread.
2. Line the bottom of the cake pan, should use about 2-3 slices.
3. In a big bowl, mix the remainder of the bread and all the ingredients (EXCEPT the water) together.
4. If it looks too dry, add the amount of water/soya milk needed so that you have about 1/2 cup excess that can be used to soak the bottom layer of bread in the cake pan.
5. Pour all into the cake pan.
6. Mix the ingredients for the topping. Put on top.
7. Bake at 165 deg C for 50 min.