Apple Raisin Strudel Food

PUFF PASTRY APPLE AND RAISIN STRUDEL

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, toss the sliced apples with the lemon juice until the apples are thoroughly coated. Add the raisins, 1/4 cup sugar, and the 2 tablespoons cold cubed butter and toss well. Set aside.
• Lightly dust the counter or work surface with flour. Lay the puff pastry on top and dust the rolling pin with additional flour. Gently roll the puff pastry to 1/8-inch thickness.
• Spread the apple and raisin mixture over the bottom half of the puff pastry square leaving about 1-inch of space along the side edges. Fold the top half of the puff pastry over and pinch to seal the edges together.
• Brush the entire strudel with the melted butter and then sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Using a serrated knife, make 3 diagonal slits across the top of the strudel.
• Place the strudel on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes, rotating halfway through cooking, until the pastry is puffed and golden brown.

GERMAN APPLE STRUDEL (APFELSTRUDEL)

Steps:

• Combine the flour and salt in a stand-mixer. Using the paddle attachment, add in the water, oil, and vinegar while mixing on low speed until you get a soft dough. Change out the paddle attachment for the dough hook, then knead the dough on medium speed until a soft ball forms.
• Transfer the dough to a clean work surface and knead for 2-3 minutes, until smooth. Slam the dough onto the work surface a few times to enhance gluten development, then shape into a ball and transfer the dough to a lightly oiled bowl, giving the dough a quick torn to lightly coat it in oil on top so it doesn't dry out. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough rest for 60-90 minutes.
• When the dough is almost done resting, heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Place the raisins in a bowl of hot water to soak. Peel, core, and slice the apples into thin slices. Mix the sugar and cinnamon together. Cover your kitchen table or large counter space with a clean tablecloth or sheet.
• To stretch the dough, first move it from the bowl to a clean, dry surface and cut it cleanly in half with a bench scraper, pizza cutter, or large knife. Set one half of the dough to the side. Shape the other half of the dough into a ball and roll it out as thin as you can.
• Gently lift the dough and transfer it to the clean, flat surface covered by the tablecloth. Working gently, lift and stretch the dough a little at a time. When you first start, you can use your knuckles (be sure to remove all jewelry first) underneath the dough to stretch it like a pizza with the back of your hands. Continue to stretch the dough by lifting gently from the thicker edges and wafting a little air under the dough as you pull away from the center of the dough. As it thins out, the weight of the dough will mostly hold it in place on the tablecloth while you stretch out one side, then the other, increasing the size of the dough and stretching it thinner and thinner each time. As you lift and gently pull, you will see areas where the dough is thinning out and you will know the dough is thin enough when you are able to see the pattern of the tablecloth through the dough.
• Continue to stretch and pull the dough until it is paper-thin and a large rectangular shape. If there is a thick band of dough around the edges, remove it by gently tearing it away or carefully tug on the band, stretching the dough even a bit further to thin that thick band of dough out.
• Using a your hands (or a very soft pastry brush, although I find that my hands work best), gently spread 1/4 cup of the melted butter over the entire surface of the dough, leaving a 1-inch border around the edges. Sprinkle half of the breadcrumbs over half of the dough, then place half of the sliced apples on top of the breadcrumbs. Cover the apples evenly with half of the raisins (and walnuts, if using) and half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
• Fold the short end of the dough over onto the filling, then fold the sides over as well to create a sort of envelope edge that will keep the filling in place as you roll the strudel. Grab the tablecloth close to the short, filled end of the strudel and lift it, allowing the strudel to roll or fold onto itself. Keep lifting the tablecloth, rolling the strudel into a log, making sure the filling stays tucked inside.
• Carefully transfer the strudel onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, seam side down. Repeat with the remaining half of the dough and filling ingredients, reserving 1/4 cup of melted butter. Both strudel should fit side by side on the same baking sheet with space between them. Brush the tops of both strudel with the remaining melted butter.
• Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the dough is golden brown. Remove from oven and allow strudel to cool for 10 to 15 minutes before slicing. Dust with powdered sugar before serving.

EASY APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place apples in a large bowl. Stir in brown sugar and golden raisins; set aside. Place puff pastry on baking sheet. Roll lightly with a rolling pin. Arrange apple filling down the middle of the pastry lengthwise. Fold the pastry lengthwise around the mixture. Seal edges of pastry by using a bit of water on your fingers, and rubbing the pastry edges together. Whisk egg and milk together, and brush onto top of pastry.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

PUFF PASTRY APPLE AND RAISIN STRUDEL

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees F. In a medium bowl, toss the sliced apples with the lemon juice until the apples are thoroughly coated. Add the raisins, 1/4 cup sugar, and the 2 tablespoons cold cubed butter and toss well. Set aside. Lightly dust the counter or work surface with flour. Lay the puff pastry on top and dust the rolling pin with additional flour. Gently roll the puff pastry to 1/8-inch thickness. Spread the apple and raisin mixture over the bottom half of the puff pastry square leaving about 1-inch of space along the side edges. Fold the top half of the puff pastry over and pinch to seal the edges together. Brush the entire strudel with the melted butter and then sprinkle with cinnamon and remaining sugar. Using a serrated knife, make 3 diagonal slits across the top of the strudel. Place the strudel on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 40 minutes, rotating halfway through cooking, until the pastry is puffed and golden brown.

APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Add the flour, a pinch of salt, egg, and oil to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
• Mix everything together using the spiral dough hooks of your electric mixer while slowly adding the lukewarm water. Keep mixing for approximately 5 minutes until the dough has an elastic consistency and sticks together.
• Shape the dough into a ball using your hands. Brush all sides of the ball of dough with one teaspoon of oil and place it back into the bowl. Cover the bowl with a dishtowel and let the dough rest on the counter for 30 minutes.
• In the meantime, prepare the filling. First, melt three tablespoons of butter in a medium-sized frying pan. Add the breadcrumbs and fry them on medium heat until golden brown. Stir regularly. Once they are golden brown, remove them from the heat and set them aside.
• Next, peel the apples. Then cut them into quarters and remove the core. Cut each quarter into thin slices. Then cut these slices into small pieces (see process photo above for reference).
• Place the small apple pieces into a medium-large mixing bowl. Also add the sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice, rum, raisins, and browned breadcrumbs to the bowl and mix everything together. You can also decide to not add the breadcrumbs now and keep them separate. It's easier to mix everything together but adding them separately from the apples can make for a slightly more moist filling (because the breadcrumbs don't soak up as much juice from the apples during baking).
• Preheat the oven to 390 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Once you're done with preparing the filling and the 30 minute dough rest time is up, take a finely-threaded large dish towel (that will not give off small threads/fibers/"fuzzies"), sprinkle some flour onto it, and roll out the dough with a rolling pin. Use more flour as needed. Then carefully stretch out the dough with your hand until it has a dimension of approximately 24 x 17 inches. Be gentle so you don't rip the dough.
• Once the dough is rolled out thin and you can see the dishtowel through the dough, gently brush some melted butter (approximately 1 tablespoon) onto the whole surface of the dough.
• Now cover the left side of the rectangle with the filling leaving a gap of approximately 2 inches along the edges. If you didn't mix the breadcrumbs and the apples earlier, first place the breadcrumbs onto the dough and then add the apple-mixture on top of that.
• Fold over the long top and bottom edges, then gently roll up the dough from the left side - the side with the filling - using the dishtowel. Make sure that the seam is at the bottom once you are done rolling.
• Carefully place the strudel onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush the top and the sides of the dough with some more melted butter.
• Bake the apple strudel on the medium rack of your oven for around 30-40 minutes. Take the strudel out after approximately 15 minutes and brush it with a little bit more melted butter.
• Once the strudel is done baking and lightly browned, remove it from the oven and let it cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet. Then dust it with powdered sugar. Apple strudel can be served warm or cold and tastes delicious with some homemade vanilla sauce.

APPLE RAISIN STRUDELS

Steps:

• Make the strudels:
• In a small skillet cook the bread crumbs in 1 1/2 tablespoons of the butter over moderate heat, stirring, until they are golden and transfer them to a large bowl. To the bread crumbs add the apples, the granulated sugar, the raisins, and the cinnamon and toss the mixture well. On a work surface arrange an 18-inch-long-piece of wax paper with a long side facing you, cover it with 1 sheet of the phyllo, and brush the phyllo lightly with some of the remaining butter, melted. Layer 5 more sheets of the phyllo over the first sheet in the same manner, brushing each sheet lightly with some of the melted butter, and mound half the apple mixture evenly along the long side facing you, leaving a 2-inch border at each end. Using the wax paper as a guide and rolling away from you, roll up the strudel tightly and, with the seam side down, fold the ends under to enclose the filling. Transfer the strudel carefully to a lightly buttered jelly-roll pan and brush it with some of the remaining melted butter. Make another strudel with the remaining phyllo, melted butter, and apple filling in the same manner and transfer it to the jelly-roll pan. Bake the strudels in the middle of a preheated 375°F. oven for 35 to 45 minutes, or until they are golden, and let them cool to warm in the pan on the rack. The strudels may be made 1 day in advanced and kept covered loosely at room temperature. Reheat the strudels in a preheated 400°F. oven for 15 minutes. Transfer the strudels with slotted spatulas carefully to serving platters and dust them with the confectioners' sugar.
• Make the whipped cream:
• In a chilled bowl with an electric mixer beat the heavy cream with the sour cream, the confectioners' sugar, and the vanilla until the mixture holds soft peaks and transfer it to a serving bowl.
• Serve the strudels warm, sliced diagonally, with the whipped cream.

SIMPLE CINNAMON RAISIN APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 450°F and arrange a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place apples in a large bowl with raisins. Whisk together sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl until combined. Sprinkle over apples and raisins and toss to evenly coat.
• Arrange a sheet of phyllo on a large, flat surface with the shorter side toward you. Brush with melted butter and arrange another sheet on top. Repeat, alternating butter and phyllo, until there are 6 layers, then brush the top layer with butter.
• Evenly arrange apple-raisin mixture on phyllo, leaving a 1-1/2-inch border at the top and sides. Begin to roll the phyllo away from you, folding in the sides as you roll. When you've rolled up the entire pastry, brush any exposed phyllo with butter.
• Place the strudel seam side down on the prepared baking sheet, brush again with butter (you may have a little left over), and cut 4 (1-inch) diagonal slits into the top just through the phyllo. Bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to 350°F and bake until the apples are knife tender and the juices are bubbling, about 30 to 40 minutes more. Let cool at least 10 minutes before slicing.

STREUSEL APPLE AND RAISIN MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees, spray 12 muffin cups with nonstick spray or use paper muffin cups.
• In a large bowl, combine sugar, applesauce, oil, egg and vanilla until well mixed.
• Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon; stir into bowl just until incorporated.
• Stir in apples & raisins.
• Pour into muffin cups, filling two-thirds full.
• Topping: In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour, and cinnamon; cut in butter until crumbly.
• Sprinkle evenly over muffins.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until tops are firm to the touch.

APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Pour rum over raisins and microwave on high for 25 seconds to plump raisins (let sit 10 minutes).
• In a large bowl, combine the apples, lemon juice, cinnamon, sugar, and plumped raisins.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil and egg whites, being sure to mix them well.
• Place 1 sheet of phyllo on work surface and lightly brush with the oil-egg white mixture. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon each of sugar, panko, and almonds, then top with another layer of phyllo and repeat the process four times. Place the last sheet of phyllo on top of the sugar mixture and brush it with the with oil-egg white mixture, but do not top with more sugar, panko, and almonds.
• Place the apple mixture on the lower 1/3 of the phyllo stack, being sure to leave a 2-inch border. Gently lift the bottom edge of the phyllo stack to cover the filling, then fold the side edges over. Continue to roll the stack away from you, until the filling is completely sealed in and the seam is on the bottom.
• Transfer to the lined baking sheet, brush the top with the oil-egg white mixture and sprinkle with 1 more tablespoon of sugar. Place in oven and bake for 30 minutes. Let cool before serving.