Easy Apple Strudel

I really like making recipes that coincide with the month or holidays. So this month, I wanted to make something warm and delicious that could be used for a holiday breakfast or dessert. This was a super simple and very delicious recipe thaty our whole family will love!

Ingredients:

• 3 Granny Smith Apples, sliced
• 1 Granny Smith Apple, grated
• 1 cup Brown Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• 1/3 cup Slivered Almonds
• 1 cup Raisins, optional (My family is adamantly against raisins so I left them out!)
• 1 sheet Puff Pastry, thawed
• 1 Egg
• 1/4 cup Milk

Directions:

• To begin, preheat your oven to 400.
• Slice up most of the apples and shred a few of the slices.

• Mix the apples, brown sugar, almonds, and cinnamon in a bowl.
• Add the raisins, if you’re using them!
• Set the bowl aside and grab your puff pastry sheet.

• I rolled mine out on a sheet of parchment paper so I could  lift the paper onto the baking sheet with relative ease.

• Roll out the pastry into a rectangle and fill with the apple mixture.
• Wrap the dough around the apple mixture and be sure to seal the seams. Cut off any excess dough if there is any.

• With the excess, or the extra sheet in the box, you can make your strudel decorations. These are totally optional, but a lot easier than I expected! It was fun to play around the puff pastry. I sliced the sheet and then rolled each strip into a flower. I also braided 3 strips and used them to decorate the strudel.

• Now that your strudel is filled and decorated, whisk the egg and 1/4 cup milk into a bowl and brush the strudel with the egg wash before baking. This will make it golden, crispy, and shiny!

• Bake at 400 degrees for 40 minutes.
• Allow to cool before slicing.
• I had a little bit of leakage from underneath, but the apples inside were moist, sweet and so delicious. The pastry is crisp and flaky.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar if you remember to do so before slicing into it. As you can see, I was impatient and totally forgot!

You could serve this with a cup of coffee on Christmas morning OR with vanilla ice cream after dinner. It’s amazing! Not bad for my first strudel! I hope you and your families have a wonderful holiday!

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