Apple and Pecan Strudels

Name: Apple and Pecan Strudels
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 397 grams apple pie filling (cut apple slices if large); 1 stick butter; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 118 milliliters chopped pecans; 1 package thawed phyllo dough sheets; 118 milliliters raisins; 1 sprig sage; 3 Tbsps turbinado sugar

Apple and Pecan Strudels requires about 40 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains about 3g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 272 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up pecans, butter, phyllo dough sheets, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a small saute pan over medium heat, toast the pecans until golden in color, about 3 to 4 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in the raisins and the apple filling. Reserve.

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Raisins

Pecans

Apple

Toast

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Frying Pan

In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the butter and the sage. When the butter has melted, remove the sage. In a small bowl, combine the sugar and cinnamon and set aside.

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Cinnamon

Butter

Sugar

Sage

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Sauce Pan

Bowl

Unwrap the phyllo sheets and cover with a moist towel. Put 1 sheet on a cutting board and brush with the melted butter, put another sheet on top and brush with butter, then put a third sheet on top and brush with butter. *Cook's Note: Set the phyllo aside, covered with a moist towel until ready to use again.

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Filo Pastry

Butter

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Cutting Board

Cut the phyllo stacks into thirds. Put approximately 1 to 2 tablespoons of apple filling at the tip of the strip closest to you. Fold the phyllo into triangles by repeatedly folding to the right, then up to the left, and repeat until you reach the end of the strip, making sure to keep the shape of a triangle. Repeat with remaining 2 strips of phyllo.

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Apple

Brush the last triangle fold with butter to seal.

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Butter

Brush the tops of triangles with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.

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Cinnamon Sugar

Butter

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

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Oven

Repeat the process until all the filling has been used. Arrange the phyllo triangles on a sheet pan that has been lined with parchment paper, and bake until well browned, about 6 to 8 minutes.

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Baking Paper