Recipe - Apple Strips Apfelshnitten

2 One half cup Pillsbury's Best All Purpose
Flour*, sifted
One half teaspoon Salt
One fourth cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Butter
One half teaspoon Grated lemon rind
6 tablespoon Cream(sweet or sour)
4 cup Apples(4 medium): pared/cut
into 1/4"cubes
1/3 cup Raisins
One fourth cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Flour
One fourth teaspoon French's Cinnamon
3 tablespoon Lemon juice
Egg; beaten
Sugar

BAKE at 350 degrees for 15 minutes then at 400 degrees for 25 to 30
minutes. MAKES 3 dozen cookies. Sift together flour, salt and sugar into
mixing bowl. Cut in butter and lemon rind until particles are the size of
small peas. Sprinkle with 6 to 7 tablespoons cream over mixture, tossing
lightly with fork until dough is moist enough to hold together. Divide
dough in half.Form into two balls. Roll out half of dough on waxed paper to
15 x 10inch rectangle. Turn over onto ungreased jelly roll pan or baking
sheet. Peel off waxed paper. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees) 15
minutes. Prepare 4 cups apples. Add raisins, sugar, flour, cinnamon and
lemon juice. Spread over baked crust. Roll out remaining dough to 15 x 10
~inch rectangle on waxed paper. Turn over on apple filling. Brush with
slightly beaten egg and sprinkle with sugar. BAke in moderately hot oven
(400 degrees) 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown. Cool slightly and cut
into 3 x 1 One half inch rectangles. *For use with Pillsbury's Best SelfRising
Flour, omit salt; decrease second baking time to 20 to 25 minutes.
**Pronounced Ap'felshnit'en

NOTES : "From Pillsbury's European Recipe ServiceA Cookie from Austria."

Recipe by: Best Loved Foods of Christmas, Pillsbury, undated booklet

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #837 by NGavlak@aol.com on Oct 11, 1997