Apple Strudel for Two

Name: Apple Strudel for Two
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 , Golden Delicious apples (7 ounces each), peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 1/2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, grated lemon zest plus 3/4 teaspoon juice; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/8 teaspoon, ground ginger; , Salt; 1 1/2 tablespoons, golden raisins; 2 1/4 teaspoons, panko bread crumbs; 3 1/2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 1 1/2 teaspoons, confectioners' sugar, plus extra for serving; 7 (14 by 9-inch), phyllo sheets, thawed

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2016

Desserts or Baked Goods

Fruit

For Two

Fruit Desserts

SERVES2

TIME1¾ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Most modern phyllo-based versions of strudel have tough layers of phyllo on the underside, while the sheets on top shatter before you even cut a slice. Meanwhile, fillings collapse and leak everywhere, despite the bread crumbs supposedly ad...

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