Apple Strudel
- 4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup golden seedless raisins
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup fine dry bread crumbs, more for sprinkling
- 3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- 4 16-by-22-inch sheets phyllo
- Confectioners' sugar
- In a large bowl, combine apples, sugar, raisins, pecans, cinnamon, salt and 1/4 cup bread crumbs.
- Toss until mixed.
- Heat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place 1 sheet phyllo on a work surface, and brush lightly with melted butter.
- Sprinkle with a scant tablespoon of bread crumbs.
- Repeat with remaining sheets of phyllo, stacking them.
- Spoon apple mixture over phyllo to within 1 1/2 inches of edges.
- Grasping long edges of phyllo, roll up jellyroll fashion.
- Place roll on a cookie sheet, seam side down.
- Brush with remaining melted butter.
- Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool, then sprinkle lightly with confectioners' sugar.
apples, sugar, golden seedless raisins, pecans, ground cinnamon, salt, bread crumbs, butter, phyllo, confectioners
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9432 (may not work)