"Recipes from My Kitchen" by Gayle Irons

Irons Fruit Farm, 1640 Stubbs Mill Road, Lebanon, OH 45036   (513) 932-2853

January 2005

Amish Apple Strudel

Ingredients

5-6 apples, peeled, cored, sliced 

1-1/2 cup sugar  

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. baking powder

1 cup flour         

1 tsp. baking soda  

1/2 tsp. salt 

1 egg

1/2 tsp. vanilla 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9x13 baking pan.  Add 5-6 peeled, cored, sliced apples.  In bowl, mix 1/2 cup sugar and 1 tsp. cinnamon; sprinkle over apples.  Dot apples with butter and set aside.  In bowl, sift 1 cup sugar, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 cup flour and 1/2 tsp. salt.  Make a well in center of mixture; add 1 slightly beaten egg and 1/2 tsp. vanilla.  Mix altogether until crumbly.  Pour over apples and bake for 50-60 minutes.  Good served warm, with vanilla ice cream, whipped topping or drizzled with icing.