Pour 3/4 cup of boiling water over raisins ,let sit 15 minutes. Then pour off water.
Dice apple into small pieces and cook in butter until tender. In a large bowl beat together milk, cream, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon + sugar. Toss in bread , raisins and apples. Let sit 10 minutes , flipping around 2 or 3 times during this period . Pour bread mixture into an oven dish and bake on middle shelf of oven 45 to 60 minutes or until semi firm and slightly brown. Serve warm . Yumm