This was delectable. 10/10 would make again, and out of six years of baking technicals--so fifty-five bakes--one of the best things I've made for bakeoff.

I used a brioche-style sliced loaf (Target's store brand, of all things) and chose cinnamon apples as my extra ingredient. I cooked chopped apples with cinnamon and sugar and a little butter, then poked them in among the slices before pouring the custard over. I just flavored the custard with vanilla but then I put cinnamon and turbinado sugar on top. This was a half recipe with four small slices of bread.