Follow this popular recipe to make a quick-and-easy Apple and Cherry Strudel for breakfast or dessert. The short-cut that makes it all quick-and-easy is using ready-made sheets of phillo (or “filo”) dough from the freezer section of your local supermarket! Phyllo is a thin, unleavened dough typically used for making pastries. It’s light, flaky and the perfect envelope to deliver golden layers of a delicious strudel. Add some boozed-up cherries to tart it up a bit if you want.
If you want to substitute something non-alcoholic for the brandy, then try apple, grape or orange juice with a dash of lemon juice or vinegar. Another option would be to use a brandy-flavored extract.
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make approximately a dozen 2-inch strudel pieces:
½ cup dried cherries
1-2 tablespoons Brandy
3 Granny Smith apples, cored, peeled and thinly sliced
Juice of 1 small lemon, about 1 tablespoon
½ cup granulated sugar plus about 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
½ cup dry, fine bread crumbs
10 sheets of phyllo dough (9” X 14”), thawed
½ cup butter, melted (1 stick)
Sliced almonds
Coarse sugar
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dang drool
awesome
am in Paris this am–had one for breakfast—wonderful
Yummy
Looks delicious