Easy Apple Strudel uses a pre-made puff pastry and you tweak it with a few ingredients. You will think it came from one of the finest bakeries. Perfection!
Easy Apple Strudel is SO GOOD it will make you think it is a hard to make Apple Strudel or From The Finest Bakery.
Today I told my husband that the photos turned out so beautiful and he said ‘Oh, you made some more?” He was so excited but I had to tell him that these were the original photos – I just hadn’t got to them yet.
That is so funny how ‘The photos turned out beautiful’ changed in Ed’s head and became “I made more apple strudel and the photos turned out beautiful”.
Guess I can take a hint. No problem here. Did I tell you they were easy? You buy pre-made puff pastry (yep, it’s vegan) and tweak it with a few ingredients. Perfection.
Easy Apple Strudel
Ingredients
- 1 sheet Puff Pastry Sheets, you will use one sheet from the package of two, Pepperidge Farms which is vegan
- 3/4 cup apple tart apple such as a granny smith, peeled and thinly sliced - don' peel until right before you use it because apples turn brown quickly when peeled
- 1/8 cup Raisins
- 1 tablespoon sugar organic
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Take out one sheet of the puff pastry and let it thaw for 20 to 30 minutes.
- Mix the sugar and cinnamon together and set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface open the puff pastry sheet and roll it out to about 12" x 13".
- Pick the pastry up on one end and lay it on a Baking Pan.
- Now slice up your apple and lay the slices all in one direction going with the longest side.
- This is because you will be rolling up the puff pastry from the longest side and it will be much easier to roll if the apple slices aren't fighting you - vertically.
- Lay them all over the puff pastry.
- Sprinkle the raisins all over the apple layer.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar all over the top layer.
- Roll up like a jelly roll starting with the long edge.
- Lay in the center of the baking sheet, seam side down.
- Fold under the ends.
- Make diagonal slices along the top - 2" apart. Just through the pastry.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Serve and store in an airtight container.
Nutrition
IF FREEZING:
This is a little tricky to freeze but it is possible.
Package in rigid sided containers as defined in my article How to Prepare Food for the Freezer.
TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:
To defrost – put in the refrigerator overnight. To heat put on a baking safe pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
This is to heat through and also to keep crispy.
A little bit of work but very good.
My great-grandma used to make the most amazing strudel, but I’ve never been able to replicate it. And her recipe was far more complicated… Love this easy apple strudel!
What a great recipe to use for the upcoming apple season. Thanks for sharing!
I love lower sugar desserts. And this one looks perfectly flaky and important – easy!
I’ve always shied away from strudel cos of the pastry – but this is brilliant! Can’t wait to try this over the weekend!
Love apple strudel but have never made it, really liking the look of your easy version, which looks straightforward but still delicious.
Very pretty dish! This look amazing! I definitely want to try your recipe, and I’m sure it’s very tasty. THANK YOU!
Hi Kathy! No hassle at all! I now have a vegetable strudel on my list. Sounds wonderful 🙂
There is a real good chance that the potatoes will get gritty after baking and freezing. I don’t think it would work. If you have one square left over from a casserole it would be worth a try for an experiment.
Thanks so much for your challenge and questions. It really does help me a lot.
Hi Ginny – another challenge for you.
Could you do a Strudel with vegetables in it please?
Also is it possible to make the scallop potato casserole, let it get cold and then cut it into individual portions before freezing it?
Sorry to cause you hassle but I know you can sort it for me.
regards
Kathy.
Oh my gosh Georgia! That sounds wonderful and so festive.
Thank you for this recipe!
I use a similar one, but put the apple bits in rum before, for about half an hour!
That looks so tasty. Those flaky layers! Those apples! Oh, yum.
I always have Puff Pastry Sheets in my freezer at all times and I need to make these easy apple strudels soon! 🙂
This is such a cool recipe. I love this stuff more than life itself. It looks seriously scrumptious.
I love Puff Pastry Sheets from the store and use them a lot! Need to use them to make this soon!
This apple strudel looks delicious!
OMG I want to make this NOW! This looks seriously amazing!
Mmmmm puff pastry. What an easy recipe for an amazing outcome. Must try.
I love using puff pastry for apple strudel! So much easier!
What a great use of puff pastry! I can’t believe how easy this is – I’ll have to try it soon!
This is the kind of simple and gorgeous recipe that I love. Good food shouldn’t be fussy. Thanks for sharing this yummy apple strudel!
I’d love a slice or two of this for breakfast tomorrow morning…or right now for that matter! Looks so good!
That looks like flaky perfection. I love apple strudel and can’t wait to make this!
It is so simple and you are right. These would be really good with tea.
Thanks so much Cate!
🙂 Me too Courtney!
Haha Melanie! That makes me happy!
Thanks! I didn’t us to have puff pastry on hand but I do now!
I love how simple, yet entirely impressive this is. I love apple strudel.
This reminds of strudel my mom used to make when I was a kid! I love it! I should make this for her, she’d be so pleased.
I always thought strudel was hard but this makes it look so much easier! Love this!
Oh I love how easy this seems!! I can see why your husband wanted you to make it again.
Oh I love how ready this sound
These apple strudels are such beauties. I wish I can have some now with my cup of tea. I more often than not use ready made puff pastry!!
I love Easy that looks Hard! This strudel really looks impressive, and delicious! I would love a slice right now!
I would like one (okay, five) of these rolls!
I have all of these ingredients on hand! Guess what I’m going to be making?!
I always keep puff pastry sheets on hand…they’re so handy to have around! This apple strudel looks like the perfect holiday dessert.
Thanks so much Andi. I think cranberries would be wonderful too. Especially this time of the year. 🙂
🙂 Yes – easy, elegant and tasty!
This looks beautiful, Ginny! I would love to try it, but I might substitute dried cranberries for the raisins 🙂
Wow just 4 ingredients and it looks so fancy!
Thank you so much Sheena!
I just love easy desserts and this one looks fabulous!! Pinning!
Thanks Jo! Yes, it is vegan! There are others too that are a bit harder to find.
Hey, that sounds so delicious! Is Peperidge Farm Puff Pastry vegan? Because I only know recipes with buter.
How wonderful Sharon! Your addition sounds so decadent and delicious. Thanks for letting me know.
Thank you so much Nicole!
This is now my favorite vegan desert! They are so good & easy to make too. I mixed up a small amount of icing with powdered sugar, soy milk & almond flavoring & lightly frosted each piece of strudel. I will be making these again and often. Thank you!
Apple and mango sounds wonderful. Thanks for the feedback and info!
Made this tonight with apple and mango – even my fussy little sister enjoyed it! I used my own tofu puff pastry recipe but this is so delicious and easy 😀
This apple strudel looks amazing! So flaky and tender. Great photos.
Yes, they will work great and I am glad you found me. Thanks so much.
These look *so* delicious!! Strudels usually seem so intimidating but this hits all my spots so I think I’ll be defrosting some pastry for the weekend 😉 I love the fact that it’s so utterly low on non-natural sugar, and yet it looks so squishy inside. I’m out of raisins but I’m sure any dried fruit ought to work – yum yum!