APPLE STRUDLE

Lately, I am falling in love with pastry! So, when I saw this recipe from Bubba, I decided to make it by my own.

The pastry itself was really easy. I made 2 apple strudles, I put too much crackers in 1 apple strudles, so it wasn't as moist as the other one (see the difference of the following photo. I put too much crackers at the first photo)

Also, I should baked it longer than I was, so the apples were not that mushy :(. But, it tasted good tho :). My hubby liked it so much! And, since he saw me wrote the recipe, he kept asking me when would I bake the apple strudle! :)

Apple Strudle

Source: Bubba Cookle (with little bit changes by me)

Ingredients:

For Puff Pastry:

200 gr of all-purpose flour

1 tsp of granulated sugar

1 tsp of salt

1 egg

2 tbsps of olive oil

2 tbsps of warm water

100 gr of butter

For Apple Strudle:

1 kg apples, peeled and sliced

2 sheets of puff pastry ( 25x25cm ), *recipe follows*

100 gr Honey Graham Crackers, crushed

4 tbsps of sugar SPLENDA

4 tbsps of walnuts, chopped

1 tsp of vanilla powder

2 tsps of ground cinnamon

1 piece of lemon, squeezed

3 tbsps of icing sugar (for garnish, optional)

2 tbsps of butter, melted

Directions:

For Puff Pastry:

In a big bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar until thoroughly mixed. Add in egg, oil and warm water, mix it well with spatula. Knead it with your hands until the batter form a dough. Shape it into ball form. Wrap it with plastic wrapper. Keep it in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour (better if you refrigerate it overnight)

Prepare a board or any clean surface and dust it with flour. Take the dough from the refrigerator, and unwrap it. Roll the dough on the floury work surface into 1/2 cm thickness, and roll it into long square form. Place the butter on the upper side of the dough, then fold the empty side up so the edge of the empty side meet the edge of the other side. Roll it a bit just to stick the edges only. Wrap it with plastic wrapper. Keep it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes. Repeat it until 7 times.

Roll the dough into 2 mm thickness, make sure form it into square form. Ready to use.

For Apple Strudle:

Preheat the oven at 375`F. Mix apples and lemon juice, toss it well. Set aside.

Lay 1 puff pastry on a clean surface. Brush it with butter. Pour the crackers in the middle of the pastry (length side). Make layers of apples, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla powder. Fold the empty sides of pastry into middle side, wrapping the filling.

Layer the baking pan with parchment paper. Roll in the apple strudle on the baking pan. Bake it for 45 minutes or until the pastry become golden brown.