Simple Homemade Strudel with Apple Filling

Steps

• 1
  Dissolve 3 dkg of sugar in lukewarm milk, mix in the yeast, then let it rise in a warm place.
• 2
  Melt the butter and let it cool to lukewarm.
• 3
  Mix the flour with the melted butter, salt, yeast mixture, and the remaining sugar. Knead it, and let it rise to double its size in about 1 hour.
• 4
  For the filling, heat the butter, and toast the breadcrumbs with the cinnamon.
• 5
  Wash and peel the apples, remove the core, then dice the flesh.
• 6
  Add the cinnamon breadcrumbs, rum, squeezed lemon juice and grated zest, sugar, and raisins, then mix them together.
• 7
  Roll out the dough on a floured kitchen towel, brush it with the beaten egg.
• 8
  Pile the filling onto the edge of the dough and roll it up. Bake in a baking tray lined with parchment paper at 180 degrees Celsius for about 40-45 minutes.