Jewish Scottish Strudel Food

CHERRY STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a large baking sheet and set aside. While the dough is resting, prepare the filling mixture.
• In a large bowl, combine fresh pitted cherries or canned, drain cherries. add white bread crumbs or sponge cake crumbs. Add sugar, cinnamon, and ground almonds. Toss all ingredients to make sure they are well combined. Note: you can grind the almonds in a food processor fitted with the steel blade. Set aside.
• After 15 minutes, lay out a large pastry cloth and sprinkle it with flour. Roll out the dough onto the cloth into a rectangle and roll it as thin as you can. Brush the dough with the melted butter and spread the cherry filling evenly over the dough, leaving a 1/4 inch border. Roll the dough up neatly, into a roll, using the edges of the pastry cloth to help you ease it along. Tuck the ends under so no filling leaks out. Place on the greased baking sheet.
• Brush the top of the strudel with melted butter and bake for 35-40 minutes or until the strudel is golden brown. Let cool after removing from oven. Dust generously with Confectioner's sugar before serving.

JEWISH SCOTTISH STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a large baking sheet with nonstick vegetable spray.
• In a large bowl, whisk eggs and sugar until thick and pale, about 3 minutes. Stir in oil. Fold in flour. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Divide dough into 3 pieces. On a floured board, press 1 piece of dough into a rectangle about 6 by 10 inches. Spread 2 tablespoons preserves over the dough. Sprinkle on 1/3 cup raisins, 1/4 cup currants, and 2 tablespoons nuts. Dust lightly with cinnamon. Roll up as for a jelly roll. Place on prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
• Bake in preheated oven 35 minutes. Let cool. Cut into slices 1/2-inch thick.

APPLE STRUDEL -- APFELSTRUDEL

Steps:

• Sift the flour and salt together. Cut in the 2 Tbsp shortening and add the eggs and water.
• Knead well, then throw or beat dough against board until it blisters. Stand it in a warm place under a cloth for 20 minutes. Cover the kitchen table with a small white cloth and flour it.
• Put dough on it.
• Pull out with hands very carefully to thickness of tissue paper. Spread with mixture made of the sliced apples, melted butter, raisins, nuts, brown sugar, cinnamon and grated lemon rind.
• Fold in outer edges and roll about 4 inches wide. Bake at 450-F for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 400-F and continue to bake about 20 minutes.
• Let cool.
• Cut in slices about 2 inches wide.