Authentic German Apple Strudel
You will love how easy it is to make a classic German apple strudel (Apfelstrudel) at home with this step-by-step recipe.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 195kcal
Cost: $12
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 TBSP neutral vegetable oil
- 1 tsp vinegar
- ⅓ cup lukewarm water
- 4 TBSP butter
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 2 pounds tart and firm apples
- 5 TBSP melted butter
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup raisins
- ¼ cup chopped nuts
- powdered sugar
- 2 cups milk
- ½ whole vanilla bean, scraped
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 TBSP corn starch
Instructions
- For the strudel dough:
- In a medium bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine flour, salt, vinegar, oil, and water.
- Mix into a soft but slightly sticky dough. Knead for 10 mins.
- Turn the dough ball onto a work surface. With your hands, knead the dough in a stretch-and-fold method. Form the dough into a smooth ball.
- Rub the entire dough ball with a little bit of oil, place it in a small bowl, and cover tightly with plastic wrap.
- Let the dough rest in a warm spot for at least one hour.
- For the filling:
- In a small skillet, melt 4 TBSP of butter. Add the bread crumbs and toast them over low-medium heat until fragrant and lightly browned. Transfer the breadcrumbs to a small bowl and set aside.
- Peel, core, and quarter the apples. Cut them into very thin slices and place them in a medium bowl.
- Combine the apples with raisins, chopped nuts, bread crumbs, and lemon juice (if the apples are on the sweet side). Mix well.
- Combine the sugar with the ground cinnamon and set aside.
- Preaheat the oven to 400˚F.
- Once the dough has rested for at least one hour, place the dough ball onto a lightly floured surface. With a floured rolling pin, roll into a rectangle.
- Lightly flour a heavy kitchen towel. Place the dough onto the kitchen towel. Using a rolling pin or your hands, roll and stretch the dough until it is so thin that you can see the towel shine through.
- Add the cinnamon-sugar to the apples and mix well.
- Place the apples to about ⅓ of the stretched dough and press the apple mixture down.
- Fold the sides of the dough in. Using the towel, roll the dough from the apple side like a jelly roll, pressing the apple mixture as you go.
- Carefully transfer the strudel roll onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush melted butter over the top of the strudel.
- Bake the strudel in a preheated oven for 30 mins or until golden-brown.
- Remove the apple strudel from the oven, brush with more melted butter, and let cool down.
- Make the vanilla sauce:
- Over low-medium heat, in a heavy saucepan, heat 1 ¾ c of milk.
- Combine the remaining ¼ c of milk with the vanilla, sugar, starch, and egg yolks.
- Before the milk reaches boiling, remove from heat. While constantly stirring, whisk in the milk slurry. Return the saucepan to the low heat. Continue to stir until the sauce thickens.
- Generously sprinkle the apple strudel with powdered sugar.
- Serve a slice of warm apple strudel with a a big helping of vanilla sauce.
Nutrition
Calories: 195kcal
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