Ingredients
- 12 zwieback
- 4 cooking apples
- 1 egg
- 325 gr all purpose flour
- 180 gr crumbs
- 140 gr pitted dates
- 100 gr sugar
- 60 ml lemon juice
- 60 gr walnuts (chopped)
- 5 gr double-acting baking powder
- 3 gr cinnamon
- 1 gr salt
Sift first 3 ingredients into bowl. Add egg and quarter cup butter, melted. Then add half cup ice water. Stir until blended, then knead to smooth ball on lightly floured board. Cover with towel and let rest at least half hour. Saute crumbs in 2 TB butter until lightly toasted, add nuts and set aside. Peel and core apples, cut in wedges, then in thin crosswise slices. Mix with next 4 ingredients. On lightly floured board, roll dough to a 24x16 inch rectangle. Brush with 2 TB butter, melted. Sprinkle with crumb mixture to within 3 cm of edges. Spread evenly with apple mixture. Then roll from long side as for jelly roll and seal ends. Shape in horseshoe and put seam down, on greased baking sheet. Melt quarter c butter and brush some on strudel. Bake in hot oven 400 about 40 minutes. Brush occasionally with remaining butter. Serve warm in slices.