Author Notes
My Baba (Croatian grandmother) taught my father how to make this simple apple strudel. This crunchy, not too sweet, and quite tasty pastry is a wonderful thing to make when you have some granny smith apples in your kitchen. Serve with a dollop of cream or ice cream to take it to the next level! —In Vero Veritas
Ingredients
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10
Sheets of Filo Dough
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20
Maria Cookies
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1/4 teaspoon
Cinnamon Sugar
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1/2
Stick of Butter
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2
Granny Smith Apples
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1/4 cup
Raisins
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2 tablespoons
Sugar
Directions
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Crush Maria cookies and mix with cinnamon
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Place one sheet of filo dough on a towel and spread melted butter all over the sheet with a brush and lightly sprinkle the crushed Maria cookies and cinnamon on top
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Add second filo sheet and repeat butter spreading and cookie sprinkling. Continue this process until you've reached the 10th sheet!
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Directly grate two peeled apples (Grammy Smith preferable, sour/sweet) onto the filo, spread evenly over the bottom half of the dough, length-wise (hot-dog style).
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Sprinkle the raisins and sugar over the grated apples evenly, as well. Don't be shy with these!
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Fold the ends and roll the filo over itself into a log
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Brush butter over the top of the log and with a sharp knife pre-slice the strudel
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Bake at 350 Fahrenheit for 30 minutes
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Remove from oven, sprinkle with powdered sugar. Eat warm with vanilla ice cream or cream. Enjoy!!!
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