Old South Lost Bread - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 loaf whole wheat bread
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
12 fresh eggs
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup sliced almonds (or pecans, walnuts, etc.)
1 apple, sliced
1/2 cup raisins (may mix with dried cherries, craisins, blueberries, etc.)
1/4 cup maple sugar (or brown sugar)

Preparation

Tear up bread into bite size pieces.
Mix all other ingredients together in a bowl, then mix in bread pieces. Let set 2 hours up to overnight.
Put in 1 1/2\" shallow baking dish(about as high as a pie pan). Place small pieces of butter on top, and cover with foil (try not to let the foil touch the top so it won't stick).
Put in 350*F. oven. Cook for 30 miutes covered, then uncover and cook for another about 15 minutes (watch so not to over cook). Enjoy!