mennonite apple strudel
Mennonite Apple Strudel 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons shortening 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/2 cup warm water 5 cups sliced apples 1 cup brown sugar, fir...
Ingredients
- 21/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1teaspoonsalt
- 2tablespoonshortening
- 2eggs, slightly beaten
- 1/2cupwarm water
- 5cupsliced apples
- 1cupbrown sugar, firmly packed
- 1/2cupseedless raisins
Directions
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Mennonite Apple Strudel 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons shortening 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1/2 cup warm water 5 c
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Cut in the shortening and add the eggs and water
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Knead well, then throw or beat the dough against a board until it blisters
- 4
Stand the dough in a warm place under a cloth for 20 minutes
- 5
Cover the kitchen table with a small white cloth and flour it
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Put the dough on it and pull it out with your hands very carefully to the thickness of tissue paper
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Spread with a mixture of the fruits, sugar, melted butter, cinnamon and lemon rind
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Fold in the outer edges of the dough and roll like a jellyroll - about 4 inches wide