Apricot Pecan Butter Strudel Recipe
- 1/2 lb Unsalted Butter
- 1/2 pt Vanilla Ice Cream, softened
- 2 c. Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 c. Apricot Preserves
- 1 1/3 c. Golden brown Raisins
- 1 c. Pecans, coarsely grnd
- To prepare dough: Put butter in a medium saucepan and heat slowly over low heat.
- Don't let butter brown.
- Pour hot butter into a large bowl.
- Add in ice cream and stir together till ice cream is melted.
- Mix will look lumpy.
- Add in flour and stir together till flour is incorporated and soft dough forms.
- Cover and chill at least 2 hrs or possibly overnight.
- Chilled dough should feel hard to touch.
- To fill each strudel: Remove dough from refrigerator and divide it into 4 pcs.
- Roll 1 piece of dough between your hands into a small ball.
- Do this quickly so which dough does not soften.
- Press dough into a 1" thick disc.
- Lightly flour rolling surface and roll dough to 12 x 6" rectangle about 1/8" thick.
- Lift and turn dough several times as you roll it so it doesn't stick to rolling surface.
- the 12" side of dough should be facing you.
- Leaving 1/2" edge all around, spread 2 tb of apricot preserves proportionately over dough.
- Sprinkle proportionately with 1/3 c. raisins and 1/4 c. pecans.
- With long side still facing you, roll up strudel.
- Press edges and seam together to seal tightly.
- Repeat with 3 remaining pcs of dough.
- Each strudel strip can be wrapped separately in aluminum foil and frzn at this point for up to 3 months.
- Position oven rack in bottom third of oven.
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Unwrap as many strudel strips as you want to bake.
- Line baking sheet with aluminum foil from frzn strudel.
- Place strudel, seam side down, on baking sheet.
- If baking more than one, place strips 2" apart.
- Bake 35 to 40 min, reversing baking sheet front to back after 25 min to ensure even browning.
- Strudel crust should look golden.
- Cold 10 min on baking sheet.
- Transfer to a wire cooling rack to cold completely.
butter, vanilla, flour, apricot preserves, golden brown raisins, pecans
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/apricot-pecan-butter-strudel-69089 (may not work)