1. Pre-heat your oven to 350F (conventional / no fan) and brush a 7"x11" or 8x9.5" casserole dish with butter
2. Start by making the toffee apple pie filling. Peel and dice the apples into small chunks. Add the apples, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, cream, water and flour to a pan. Place on the stove on medium heat, and stir until the ingredients are combined and the butter has melted. Then turn the heat to low, cover, and cook for 5-7 minutes. Remove the lid, and continue cooking and stirring for another few minutes on medium-low heat until the apples are just cooked and the sauce is bubbly and golden. This will take ~15-20 minutes total
3. Add the ingredients for the custard to a saucepan. Place on the stove on low heat, and cook and stir until the butter has melted and the ingredients have just combined. Do not do this on high heat as the custard might curdle. Make sure the eggs are fully combined. Do not over cook or try to thicken the custard, we are just combining the ingredients for now
4. Cut the cinnamon bites / bread into 1" cubes (I cut the King's Hawaiian bites into halves)
5. Now, to assemble, add half of the cinnamon bites to the prepared dish. Press down firmly. Then spread a third of the cooked apples on top - you want to pick up the apples and any sauce that is naturally sticking to them, but don't pick up the sauce itself as we want to reserve it for serving. Pour over half of the custard and press down firmly again
6. Cover with the rest of the cinnamon bites, but save a handful of them. Spread on a third of the apples again, and place the remaining cinnamon bites on top of the apples in different spots so the pudding looks pretty on top. Pour over the remaining custard, ensuring the bread is fully soaked. Press down firmly again. At the end, you will have a third of the cooked apples and most of the toffee sauce left over for serving
7. Bake the pudding in the pre-heated oven for ~40 minutes, or until it's golden on top and cooked through (test with a toothpick - it shouldn't have wet custard on it). Remove from the oven, and press down firmly again with a spatula. Let the pudding rest for 20-30 minutes
8. Slice and serve the bread pudding. Optionally, place a scoop of vanilla ice cream on each slice. Drizzle over the reserved apples and toffee sauce. Enjoy!

Video tutorial:

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