Love & Best Dishes: Homemade Apple Strudel Recipe | Easy Recipes for Dessert with Puff Pastry

puff pastry

🥗Healthier: phyllo dough

💰Cheaper: homemade dough

Phyllo dough is lighter and can be lower in calories.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds natural sweetness with fewer calories.

raisins

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: chopped apples

Cranberries add tartness, while chopped apples enhance flavor.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil offers a dairy-free option with a unique flavor.

Peel and cut the apples into bite-sized pieces.

Sprinkle about 2 tablespoons of sugar on the apples.

Add a sprinkle of nutmeg to the apples.

Cook the apples in a skillet with about 1-2 teaspoons of butter for about 5 minutes to soften them slightly.

Remove the apples from heat and let them cool on a plate.

Dust the puff pastry with flour to prevent sticking and roll it out thin.

Spread a thin layer of whipped cream cheese on the puff pastry, leaving a border.

Add the cooled apple mixture on top of the cream cheese.

Roll the pastry up, tucking the ends under to seal the filling inside.

Brush the top of the rolled pastry with an egg wash made from 1 beaten egg and a drop of heavy cream.

Sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top of the pastry.

Make slits in the pastry for venting.

Bake the strudel at 375°F for about 20 minutes or until done.

Prepare a glaze using milk and powdered sugar to drizzle on top after cooling.

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