Shelly's Recipe

APPLE CRISP STRUDEL

Category: Fruit Desserts

4 spy or golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and peeled
1 cup quick-cooking oats and dried cranberries
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
Pinch nutmeg and allspice
1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
3 tbsp water
1/3 cup dried bread crumbs
2 tbsp sugar
6 sheets phyllo pastry

Before baking, score diagonal slices just through the top layer so that cutting and serving will be easier. In a large bowl, toss together first 7 ingredients. In a small bowl, blend butter with water. In a third bowl, combine bread crumbs and sugar.

Arrange 1 sheet of phyllo on parchment paper-lined rimmed baking sheet with 1 long side facing you. Brush with some butter and sprinkle with rounded tbspful of crumb mixture.

Repeat with remaining phyllo, butter mixture and crumb mixture, stacking to make 6 layers. Spoon apple mixture in a strip along bottom edge of pastry, leaving 1 inch border. Roll up into cylinder. Score diagonally just through top layer into 8-10 slices. Brush with any remaining butter. (At this point, it can be made ahead, wrapped in plastic wrap and frozen in an airtight container for up to 1 month.)

Bake at 350 for 50-60 minutes (or 1 1/2 hours if frozen, covering with foil if top browns to mush) or until apples are tender and pastry is golden brown. Let cool slightly. Slice at score marks.