POPULAR GERMAN CAKES: Apple Strudel or Apple cake? Which one is better?

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.

Make the dough using gluten-free flour, sugar, 1 egg, and butter, adding vanilla bean extract.

Knead the dough and divide it into three parts, then refrigerate for about an hour.

Peel the apples and prepare the filling by soaking raisins in rum, then adding lemon juice, sugar, and cinnamon.

Roll out the gluten-free dough on a floured towel and brush with butter.

Sprinkle gluten-free breadcrumbs on the rolled-out dough.

Add the apple filling and roll up the strudel.

Brush the top with butter before baking.

Bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes.

Dust with icing sugar before serving.

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