Paula Deens Apple Strudel Recipes

PAULA DEEN'S APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• For the Strudel:
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl, pour the bourbon or apple juice over the raisins and microwave on high for 45 seconds.
• Let sit for 15 minutes.
• Combine the raisins, apples, lemon juice, lemon zest, cinnamon, brown sugar, cookie crumbs, pecans, and butter in a large bowl.
• Remove the phyllo dough from the box, unfold, and cover with a damp towel.
• Place 1 sheet of phyllo on the work surface and brush lightly with melted butter.
• Repeat with the remaining sheets, brushing each with melted butter, stacking when done, being sure to keep the unbuttered phyllo covered.
• Place the apple mixture on the nearest third of the phyllo stack, being sure to leave a 2-inch border.
• Gently lift the bottom edge of the phyllo stack to cover the filling and fold the side edges over.
• Continue to roll the stack away from you until the filling is completely sealed in and the seam is on the bottom.
• Transfer to the prepared baking sheet.
• Brush the top with melted butter and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown.
• Pour over the glaze and sprinkle with cinnamon and confectioners' sugar.
• Pass warm caramel sauce, to drizzle over the strudel.
• For the Glaze:
• Mix ingredients thoroughly.
• *Cook's Note: If too thick add a little bit of milk.
• If too thin add a little bit of confectioners' sugar.

EASY APPLE STRUDEL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Place apples in a large bowl. Stir in brown sugar and golden raisins; set aside. Place puff pastry on baking sheet. Roll lightly with a rolling pin. Arrange apple filling down the middle of the pastry lengthwise. Fold the pastry lengthwise around the mixture. Seal edges of pastry by using a bit of water on your fingers, and rubbing the pastry edges together. Whisk egg and milk together, and brush onto top of pastry.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.

APPLE STREUSEL CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 9 or 10-inch bundt pan.
• Streusel: Combine brown sugar, almonds, flour and cinnamon.
• Stir in melted butter; set aside.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder and baking soda.
• Mix well.
• In a large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time; beat after each addition; add vanilla.
• Set mixer to low.
• Alternately beat flour mixture and orange juice into egg mixture.
• Put half of the cake batter into the bundt pan.
• Add half of the streusel.
• Spoon and spread remaining batter over struesel.
• Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and add remaining streusel.
• Bake 35-40 minutes more.
• When completely cool, remove from pan and glaze with icing (a zig-zag pattern looks very nice!).