Recipe - Apple Date Strudel

LORELI AGUDA WSKD49A
2 One half cup All purpose flour, sifted
1 teaspoon Double acting baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
1 Egg, beaten
Butter or margarine
12 Zwieback, finely rolled,
about Three fourths cup crumbs
One half cup Chopped walnuts or pecans
4 cup Cooking apples
8 ounce Pitted dates, finely snipped
One half cup Sugar
One fourth cup Lemon juice
1 teaspoon Cinnamon

Sift first 3 ingredients into bowl. Add egg and One fourth cup butter, melted.
Then add One half cup ice water. Stir until blended, then knead to smooth ball
on lightly floured board. Cover with towel and let rest at least One 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 1 inch 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 One fourth cup butter and brush some on strudel.
Bake in hot oven 400 about 40 minutes. Brush occasionally with remaining
butter. Serve warm in slices.

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