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Good Morning World...Tues 8th, 6.28, 12.4dg.. the roads are dry, but I can see no twinkling on the skyline. Yesterday was mostly spent in the office photocopying and preparing lessons for my littles.. and organising a better file system. It is amazing how quickly little minds revert to the norm if they are not constantly reinforcing things. This afternoon I have three older girls for conversation/tuition and that will be all about latest fashion and makeup. Thank goodness I have been keeping back issues of Marie Claire and In Style as they are great things to motivate a young lady to read English, and I can get a page of descriptive writing out of them every week from the mags. A quiet week planned, tinkering with decorations and doing tidy up chores in amongst the revolving door that is English tuition. Only fifteen days until I lock the door here, yesterday went to the Gemeinde and organised all the local accounts that will come to my post box while I am away, sadly they don't do online accounts. Also sorted an Urlaubsfach, so my lovely little neighbour does not have to collect my mail every day.. the P.O. will hold it for me. He will just walk around the house morning and evening to check all is in order until my return, as you do when you are the retired Police Commander. My other neighbour has insisted I go in for streudel and coffee... I know that streudel and coffee turns into three bottles of wine after, so am proceeding with caution...
Apfel Streudel
Prep Time: 2 Hr
Cook Time: 55 Min
Ingredients
8 c flour
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp oil
2 1/2 c warm water
1 pinch salt
APPLE FILLING INGREDIENTS (MAKES 3
STREUDELS)
8-10 granny smith apples, sliced
golden raisins soaked in a bowl of warm water (just covered)
sugar & cinnamon to taste
melted butter
finely chopped walnuts, optional
Directions
1 Make sure that the room you are working in is quite warm and draft free. Do not wear rings or bracelets.
2 Pre-soak the raisins in warm water in a bowl, just covering the top of the raisins.
3 Mix the flour, eggs, oil and salt. Add water and mix into dough. Turn out on floured board and knead for 10 minutes. Brush with melted butter and place in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl and let it rest for 45 minutes.
4 Put a fabric tablecloth on your table that hangs over the sides. Dust with flour and place the dough in the center. Flour your rolling pin and roll out to approximately 8" diameter.
5 Put your hands under the dough. Using the tops of your hands, gently pull the dough towards you. Generously brush the top of the dough with melted butter while you are doing this. Try not to make holes. Keep walking around the table, picking up and pulling the circle of dough until it is paper thin and you can see through it. It should be quite large. Grammy used to pull it to at least 6 feet across and ended up with a streudel about 3 feet long.
6 Sprinkle the dough all over with apples, some sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Drizzle melted butter over all. Walk around the table and trim off the thick edges with a scissor.
7 Lifting the edges of the tablecloth, fold the dough hanging over the edge of the table up and over the filling. Do this all the way around. Then pick the tablecloth up from one side. Use the tablecloth to roll the streudel and start rolling the streudel up completely. Seal the edges.
8 Place streudel onto pan (if large, make it horseshoe shaped). Bake at 350 for 45 to 55 minutes.
Once cooled you can top with powdered sugar, ice cream or whipped cream.
9 NOTES: You can roll one large streudel as this recipe says and then cut into smaller streudels after baking, or you can divide dough into 2 or 3 balls before letting it rest. Then roll out 3 individual streudels. If you have a large enough table it is easier to roll once and divide later.
**The size of the table also determines the size you can roll. Great Grammy had a 60" plus round oak table that she used, while Grammy had a smaller rectangular table. If you have a smaller table, definitely divide dough into at least 2 balls.
The Poppet hasn't tried Streudel but loves her apple...
Good Morning World...Tues 8th, 6.28, 12.4dg.. the roads are dry, but I can see no twinkling on the skyline. Yesterday was mostly spent in the office photocopying and preparing lessons for my littles.. and organising a better file system. It is amazing how quickly little minds revert to the norm if they are not constantly reinforcing things. This afternoon I have three older girls for conversation/tuition and that will be all about latest fashion and makeup. Thank goodness I have been keeping back issues of Marie Claire and In Style as they are great things to motivate a young lady to read English, and I can get a page of descriptive writing out of them every week from the mags. A quiet week planned, tinkering with decorations and doing tidy up chores in amongst the revolving door that is English tuition. Only fifteen days until I lock the door here, yesterday went to the Gemeinde and organised all the local accounts that will come to my post box while I am away, sadly they don't do online accounts. Also sorted an Urlaubsfach, so my lovely little neighbour does not have to collect my mail every day.. the P.O. will hold it for me. He will just walk around the house morning and evening to check all is in order until my return, as you do when you are the retired Police Commander. My other neighbour has insisted I go in for streudel and coffee... I know that streudel and coffee turns into three bottles of wine after, so am proceeding with caution...
Apfel Streudel
Prep Time: 2 Hr
Cook Time: 55 Min
Ingredients
8 c flour
2 large eggs
2 Tbsp oil
2 1/2 c warm water
1 pinch salt
APPLE FILLING INGREDIENTS (MAKES 3
STREUDELS)
8-10 granny smith apples, sliced
golden raisins soaked in a bowl of warm water (just covered)
sugar & cinnamon to taste
melted butter
finely chopped walnuts, optional
Directions
1 Make sure that the room you are working in is quite warm and draft free. Do not wear rings or bracelets.
2 Pre-soak the raisins in warm water in a bowl, just covering the top of the raisins.
3 Mix the flour, eggs, oil and salt. Add water and mix into dough. Turn out on floured board and knead for 10 minutes. Brush with melted butter and place in a greased bowl. Cover the bowl and let it rest for 45 minutes.
4 Put a fabric tablecloth on your table that hangs over the sides. Dust with flour and place the dough in the center. Flour your rolling pin and roll out to approximately 8" diameter.
5 Put your hands under the dough. Using the tops of your hands, gently pull the dough towards you. Generously brush the top of the dough with melted butter while you are doing this. Try not to make holes. Keep walking around the table, picking up and pulling the circle of dough until it is paper thin and you can see through it. It should be quite large. Grammy used to pull it to at least 6 feet across and ended up with a streudel about 3 feet long.
6 Sprinkle the dough all over with apples, some sugar, cinnamon and raisins. Drizzle melted butter over all. Walk around the table and trim off the thick edges with a scissor.
7 Lifting the edges of the tablecloth, fold the dough hanging over the edge of the table up and over the filling. Do this all the way around. Then pick the tablecloth up from one side. Use the tablecloth to roll the streudel and start rolling the streudel up completely. Seal the edges.
8 Place streudel onto pan (if large, make it horseshoe shaped). Bake at 350 for 45 to 55 minutes.
Once cooled you can top with powdered sugar, ice cream or whipped cream.
9 NOTES: You can roll one large streudel as this recipe says and then cut into smaller streudels after baking, or you can divide dough into 2 or 3 balls before letting it rest. Then roll out 3 individual streudels. If you have a large enough table it is easier to roll once and divide later.
**The size of the table also determines the size you can roll. Great Grammy had a 60" plus round oak table that she used, while Grammy had a smaller rectangular table. If you have a smaller table, definitely divide dough into at least 2 balls.
The Poppet hasn't tried Streudel but loves her apple...
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