All products for the treat are prepared. It is important to take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance. It should have time to soften as it will be used for greasing the dough. Apples are taken of medium size. Sugar for the recipe is suitable not only white but also brown.
Apples are peeled.
3 pcs apple
Then they are cut into neat and not too small cubes.
Fruit pieces are sprinkled with cinnamon.
3-4 tbsp cinnamon
Sugar and flour are added to the apples.
3 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp flour
The filling for the strudel is well mixed.
The defrosted dough is laid out on a flat surface. It is cut into 2 parts.
500 g puff pastry
Each part is rolled out to a thickness of about 1-2 mm.
The dough is smeared with butter. The layer of fat on the surface of the dough should be clearly visible.
40-45 g butter
Breadcrumbs mixed with 1 tbsp. of sugar are scattered on half of the base.
Next, the apple filling is distributed.
2 tbsp breadcrumbs
The filling is covered with dough. The remaining part of it is twisted around the future dessert roll. The edges are pinched.
The roll is turned seam down.
The future strudel is smeared on top with raw egg yolk. It is convenient to do this with a silicone brush or a regular cotton swab.
1 pcs egg yolk
The actions are repeated with the remaining dough. Diagonal cuts are made on top over the filling.
The blanks are sent to the oven, preheated to 175-180 ℃ for 25-30 minutes. They should become golden brown.
The finished strudel can be served still warm. For its decoration, pure white or colored powdered sugar is perfect.