Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 5 cups apples (medium, peeled and chopped)
  • ½ cup apple juice (or apple juice)
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 frozen puff pastry sheet (thawed)
  • all-purpose flour (for dusting pastry dough and rolling pin)
  • ¼ cup caramel sauce (homemade or store-bought)
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tablespoon milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instruction

  • The night before, remove 1 sheet of the puff pastry dough from the freezer and place it in the refrigerator to defrost overnight.
  • In a large saucepan, combine the apples, apple juice, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. Bring the apples to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, leaving the pot uncovered. Stir the apples occasionally and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes or until the apples are tender, but are not mushy. Take the apples off the heat and allow them to cool completely; about an hour and a half.
  • When the apples have cooled, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
  • Unfold the puff pastry onto a large sheet of parchment paper, dusted with flour. Using a rolling pin, dusted with flour, roll the puff pastry dough into a rectangle approximately 16-inches x 12-inches. It doesn’t have to be perfect, or exact. Just make sure it is a rectangle shape.
  • Carefully, transfer paper with the pastry dough onto a large baking sheet, with the short side of the rectangle facing you.
  • Using a slotted spoon, add the apples onto the pastry dough, leaving a 1-inch border all the way around.
  • Drizzle the apples with the caramel sauce.
  • Starting with the bottom side facing you, roll up the dough and caramel drizzled apples jelly-roll style. Pinch the seam to seal, and tuck ends underneath.
  • Make an egg wash. In a small bowl, whisk the egg and water together. Brush the egg wash over the pastry. Cut diagonal slits in the top of the pastry dough.
  • Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from the oven and allow it to cool.
  • When the strudel is cool, slice the strudel into 6 pieces. Combine the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract in a small bowl. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle the vanilla glaze over the strudel.
  • Serve and enjoy!