Cinnamon-Apple Bread Pudding

Monday was Rosh Hashana dinner at my parents' house across town, and as I was leaving for the night, my mom, as she is wont to do, shoved a fully wrapped, untouched round challah into my hands. "Take it!" The first thing I thought was not thank you or are you sure you don't want it but cinnamon-apple bread pudding.

The vision was almost divine in its cla…