Apfel Strudel—German

Ingredients

• two cups of flour
• three level teaspoons of baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• half a cup of sugar
• two tablespoons of butter
• an egg
• two-thirds of a cup of milk
• half a cup of softened butter
• half a cup of chopped raisins
• half a cup of chopped almonds
• three or four peeled and cored cooking apples
• a teaspoon of cinnamon
• the zest of a small lemon

Method

1. 1

   Sift two cups of flour with three level teaspoons of baking powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl and mix with it half a cup of sugar and two tablespoons of butter; beat an egg light, mix it with two-thirds of a cup of milk and stir it into the flour; turn out on a floured pastry board and knead only enough to roll out in an oblong square a fourth of an inch thick; spread over it half a cup of softened butter, half a cup each of chopped raisins and almonds, three or four peeled and cored cooking apples, chopped fine, and a piece of citron shaved very thin; sprinkle with a teaspoon of cinnamon and the zest of a small lemon and roll lightly like a jelly roll; place in a greased pan, brush over with milk and bake in a quick oven.

2. 2

   To be eaten warm.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Pan-Pacific cook book (1915) by L. L. McLaren, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PFEL STRUDEL— GERMAN Sift two cups of flour with three level teaspoons of baking powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl and mix with it half a cup of sugar and two tablespoons of butter ; beat an egg light, mix it with two-thirds of a cup of milk and stir it into the flour; turn out on a floured pastry board and knead only enough to roll out in an oblong square a fourth of an inch thick; spread over it half a cup of softened butter, half a cup each of chopped raisins and almonds, three or four peeled and cored cooking apples, chopped fine, and a piece of citron shaved very thin ; sprinkle with a teaspoon of cin- namon and the zest of a small lemon

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