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Easy Apple Strudel

Puff Pastry version
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Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

Dough

  • 1 lb pack of thawed puff pastry
  • 1 tbsp flour

Filling

  • 4 medium apples - peeled, cored, chopped into small (at most 1/2" or 1 cm) cubes.
  • 3/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup optional raisins or another 1/2 apple
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or another 1/2 apple
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon

Topping

  • 1 egg beaten - for brushing
  • 1 tbsp sugar for topping

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400F
  • Combine filling in a large bowl. Optional bring to simmer for 10 minutes and let cool 5 minutes for extra-soft filling.
  • Unroll pastry and lightly sprinkle with flour.
  • Mark (not cut) pastry into thirds.
  • Using a slotted spoon, add filling into the middle third. You do not want to use any juice from the bowl or this will become soggy.
  • Fold left side over, and brush with egg.
  • Fold right side over.
  • Make shallow diagonal cuts in the top layer.
  • Brush with egg and sprinkle the 1 tbsp sugar on top.
  • Bake until puffed and golden, 25-30 minutes.

Notes

  • Pro presentation: cut the side thirds  into 1" horizontal strips.
  • Leave 1" border along the top and bottom of the middle section.
  • Fold the top and bottom up over the apple filling.
  • Alternate pulling the sided strips on an angle to form a braided and semi-exposed pattern.
  • Brush the bottom and top layer of each strip with egg wash.
  • Sprinkle sugar across the entire strudel.