Apricot Strudel Sticks Recipes

Steps:

• BEAT butter and cream cheese together in medium bowl with electric mixer. Add 2 cups flour, one cup at a time, until mixture forms a ball. Flatten dough into disk. Wrap with plastic wrap. Chill 1 hour.
• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Combine cinnamon and sugar in small bowl. Dust work surface with remaining 1/2 cup flour. Divide dough into 10 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a 9-inch circle.
• SPREAD each circle with 2 tablespoons fruit spread, sprinkle with cinnamon sugar mixture, 2 tablespoons raisins and 2 tablespoons walnuts. Roll filled circle into a log shape, seam side down and tuck ends under. Place strudels 2 inches apart on cookie sheet.
• BAKE 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Cut each log into 8 pieces, about 1 inch wide. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Place in small paper baking cups to serve, if desired.

Steps:

• Cream the flour, butter, and cream cheese into a ball and chill it.
• Divide dough into 4 parts.
• Roll each into a rectangle.
• Spread mixture of apricot preserves, shredded coconut, and chopped nuts.
• Roll up as a jellyroll.
• Put on ungreased cookie sheet and bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.
• cool and slice.

Steps:

• n a bowl, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Combine sour cream and egg yolk; add to flour mixture, stirring with a fork to form a soft dough.
• Divide in half; wrap in plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• On a floured surface, roll each portion of dough into a 12" square.
• Spread with preserves.
• Combine crushed wafers and coconut; sprinkle over preserves.
• Roll up jelly-roll fashion; seal seam.
• Place seam-side down on a greased baking sheet.
• Cut widthwise with a sharp knife 3/4 of the way through dough every 1".
• Beat egg white until foamy; brush over pastry.
• Place a pecan half on each slice.
• Bake at 350°F for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over pastries.

Steps:

• Melt butter in a pan and add breadcrumbs, ground hazelnuts and sugar.
• Stir until mixture is lightly toasted and fragrant.
• Take from heat and add cinnamon and vanilla bean scrapings.Stir until evenly distributed.
• Place sheet of puff pastry on non stick paper and place on a baking tray.
• Brush sides of pastry with milk, this will help to stick the pastry sheets together later.
• Place apricot cubes on 2/3 of the pastry, leave sides free.
• Sprinkle bread crumb/nut/sugar mixture over apricots.
• Fold in pastry sides and start to roll dough into strudel-shape.
• Press seam of dough firmly together so the strudel is closed on all sides.
• Brush surface with milk and let strudel bake at 180°C for about 20 minutes until lightly brown.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar and enjoy luke warm with whipped cream and/or vanilla ice cream -- .

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200 degree celcius (180 degree for fan-forced).
• Grease oven tray.
• Combine apricots, sugar, cinnamon, sultanas and nuts in medium bowl.
• Stack pastry sheets, brushing each lightly with milk as you layer them.
• Spread apricot mix over pastry, leaving a 5cm space at edge of both short sides and 2cm at edge of one long side.
• Fold short sides over; starting from filled long side edge, roll strudel to enclose filling.
• Place seam side down on prepared tray.
• Bush strudel with remaining milk.
• Bake uncovered for about 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Dust strudel with icing sugar before serving, warm or cold, with icecream if desired.