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Easy Apple Strudel

Name: Easy Apple Strudel
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
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; 1/8 cup Raisins; 1 tablespoon sugar ( - organic); 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Published: February 24, 2014. Last Updated: June 9, 2020 by: Ginny McMeans

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Easy Apple Strudel uses a pre-made puff pastry and you tweak it with a few ingredients. You will think this apple strudel recipe came from one of the finest bakeries. Perfection!

Beautiful thick slice of apple strudel with text above for Pinterest pinning.

Easy Apple Strudel is SO GOOD it will make you think it is 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.

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🥘 Ingredients
🔪 Instructions
💭 Can you freeze strudel
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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.

Overhead view of thick slices of baked goods on a lime green and white flowered rectangle plate.

🥘 Ingredients

Puff pastry sheets - easy to handle and they bake up beautifully. The perfect wrapper.
Granny smith apple - are tart and hold their shape really well when baked.
Raisins - sweeten the mix just a bit and add texture.
Organic granulated sugar - is a delicious sweetener.
Ground cinnamon - adds exactly the earthy spice that is needed.

🔪 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 the apple slices 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.

Straight on view of thick slices of strudel laying in all directions on a lime green plate.

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A row of staggered thick slices of apple strudel are sprinkled with powdered sugar.

💭 Can you freeze strudel

This is a little tricky to freeze but it is possible.

IF FREEZING:

Package in rigid sided containers so that the pieces are preserved with their shape.

TO PREPARE AFTER FREEZING:

Put in the refrigerator overnight. To heat put on a baking safe pan and bake at 350 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes.

This is to heat through and also to keep crispy. A little bit of work but very good.

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