
Nothing quite reminds me of my childhood as the smell of homemade strudel, my favorite! Every bite brings back the memories and precious family moments. Strudel with Strawberry jam.
Dough:
1 cup milk
6 tbs butter (room temperature)
1 pack of dry yeast
1/2 teaspoon honey
2 tablespoons warm water
4 cups King Arthur all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
A pinch of salt
1 teaspoon orange zest (optional)
2 eggs (beaten)
2 tbs sour cream
1 box of raisins (optional)
Filling -” Lekvar” strawberry butter
Preparation:
First, make the dough: heat milk until warm, add dry yeast with (½ tsp honey) and leave it to dissolve.
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Take your dough, divide in 4 equal pieces and roll each one out on well-floured surface, into a rectangle. Brush each rectangle generously with strawberry jam, or filling of your choice. Roll longer rectangle sides towards the middle, but leave a tiny space in between. Place all rolled up strudels onto a baking sheet.
Bake (30 min) until nicely golden. When cooled, sprinkle with some powered sugar and cut into pieces. Enjoy and make some sweet memories!
Lekvar is the old world term for fruit butter or jam, and is usually associated with prunes. This filling is slowly cooked with orange juice and zest– it will make your kitchen smell amazing. Popular Eastern European lekvars are plum, apricot, apple, raspberry, peach, cherry and strawberry.

plum for lekvar butter PHOTO PLUM CREDIT- (pixabay.com)