Place the butter and warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer and allow the butter to soften. Add the salt, egg and flour and combine on medium speed using a dough hook, until the dough forms and is no longer sticky.

Next, you should let the dough rest in a warm area. GGma Lill used a heated pie pan on top of the dough bowl. I heated a lid on low on the range.

Then, I turned the burner off and set the bowl on the burner and the lid on top. Seemed to do the trick.

Peel, slice and core the apples and cut into one-inch pieces.

Toss with sugar and cinnamon.

Melt one tablespoon butter in a pan and stir in the breadcrumbs. I used ground up wheat bread. Toss over medium heat, until they begin to brown, about 3 minutes.

Dust the counter or bread board with flour and roll the dough as thin as possible.

Transfer it to a tea towel and re-roll it slightly, as needed.

Spread a layer of breadcrumbs on the dough leaving about a half inch of space on each side and the edge furthest from you and two inches of space at the edge closest to you.

Squeeze the liquid from the apples and spread them over the breadcrumbs.

Spread on a layer of raisins.

Then a layer of chopped walnuts.

Using the towel, lift and fold the edge closest to you over the apples.

With the assistance of the towel, continue to roll the dough like a jellyroll.

Unfold the towel, and you should have a nice thick roll.

Shape the dough into a horseshoe.

Place a 12x17 inch pan on top of the roll and bring the towel around the pan. Hold the towel tight against the pan and flip.

To put the seam back on the bottom, use another pan to flip it back over. This time, make sure the pan has edges and use a silpat liner or parchment paper. Place in a 375-degree oven on the lowest rack.

Bake 40-45 minutes. Brush with melted butter and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Allow to cool and slice and serve.

I combined equal parts melted butter, maple syrup and powdered sugar to make a glaze. Then, I thoroughly enjoyed a slice and celebrated another challenge I had overcome. Thanks for the help GGma Lill.