Quick Puff Pastry Apple Strudel

Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This quick puff pastry apple strudel recipe is an easy version of a favorite dessert. It's ready in under an hour and best served warm with ice cream.

Ingredients

4 medium apples - peeled, cored, and chopped
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/2 (17 1/2 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon white sugar, or to taste

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2 Combine apples, ¾ cup sugar, raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon in a large bowl.
3 Lightly dust a flat work surface with flour. Unroll puff pastry; lightly sprinkle with flour, slightly roll out, and lightly score into 3 equal sections.
4 Spoon apple filling into center section; fold section on left over top and brush top pastry with egg. Fold right section over top, like a letter. Make shallow diagonal cuts in top layer of strudel. Brush top pastry with egg; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until strudel is puffed up and golden, 25 to 30 minutes.