Cherry Strudel

American Baking

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• Pastry

• 8  sheets phyllo pastry, thawed
• 3  tablespoons  melted butter

• Filling

• 5  cups  pitted cherries
• 1  cup granulated sugar
• 3⁄4 cup  firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons cornstarch (for thickening)
• 2  tablespoons  grated lemons, zest of
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

1. To prepare filling:
2. Mix granulated sugar, brown sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
3. Add in cherries, water, lemon zest and vanilla.
4. Cook over medium heat until thickened then reduce to low heat.
5. Add spices,continue cooking for 15 minutes.
6. Stir occasionally.
7. Remove pan from heat and cool completely.
8. Grease baking sheet.
9. Preheat oven to 400°F.
10. Prepare pastry:
11. Open folded phyllo sheets to lie flat.
12. Stack 4 sheets on a plastic wrap.
13. Brush top sheet with 1 tbsp melted butter.
14. Spread half filling along a short side of top pastry sheet.
15. Starting with short side and using plastic wrap as a guide, roll up pastry.
16. Fold ends under.
17. Place strudel, seam side down on baking sheet.
18. Brush with 1/2 tbsp melted butter.
19. Repeat process with balance of ingredients.
20. Bake 15 to 20 minutes until golden.
21. Transfer baking sheets to a wire rack to cool for 15 minutes.
22. Cut when completely cool.
23. Sprinkle confectioner's sugar for deco.