Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2013

Easy. Makes enough for eight people as long as the portions are reasonable. Working with the dough was the hardest part.

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hraefn

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2012

I really liked this recipe, except I think my homegrown Granny Smith apples were a little sweeter than the ones the recipe creator used. I cut the sugar down with the second one I made. I also added a little flour because they were really juicy. Co-workers ate it up.

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janetb21

Reviewed: Aug. 15, 2012

This is so good! The only problem is that there's enough of the apple mixture to make two strudels. So plan to make half of the apple mixture or to get to sheets of puff pastry. DE-LISH!!!

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CookandBakeGirl

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Imperial, Nebraska, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 10, 2012

This was totally easy and turned out great. For some reason my apples were really runny. Sugary apple juice ran out of the tart and all over the baking sheet. The pastry held up and didn't go soggy. This tasted really good with vanilla ice cream.

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pinkypink

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Apr. 8, 2012

Excellent recipe and very easy to make! For richer flavour use demerara sugar for the apple mixture and add a splash of dark rum to the apple mixture as well.

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SnakeBellyMasterChef

Reviewed: Mar. 13, 2012

Delicious! Served (w/van. ice cream) as part of an entire German themed meal to my book club and they raved. Wished I would have rolled the strudel over before cooking so that the crease would have been on the bottom (would have looked better) added toasted walnuts & pecans which gave the filling an added crunch. Filling was enough for two-which works out great since a box of puff pastry has 2 sheets. Once you've opened the box you might as well use both- I've tried freezing 1/2 used boxes...not so great.

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Stacey

Reviewed: Dec. 12, 2011

Thank you so much for this dleicious and EASY recipe! And thanks, also, to all who reviewed and gave such great suggestions! Per other reviewers, I planned ahead of time to make two, which was great as that's how many puff pastries come in a PF box. :) I also used half the brown sugar and added 1 t. vietnamese cinnamon, 2 T instant tapioca, and 1 t. good vanilla to the apples. The cinnamon is pretty strong and I didn't want to overdo it, but next time I'll add 1 1/2 t, maybe even two! I met the two halves of pastry dough in the middle (on top) and it worked out really well. I recommend doing it that way. With the tapioca I had no leakage at all. My apples were getting a bit soft, so I didn't pre-cook them, but it came out perfectly. Oh- and I forgot some were supposed to be grated, but it made no difference as far as I know. I did cut 3 or 4 slits in the top to vent. I also topped it with cinnamon and sugar, which I won't try next time as the high heat of the oven burned the sugar a bit. Totally my fault. I can see gow a glaze would be delish on thses. I will make these again and again- so glad you posted this recipe!

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ellie

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Pleasant Valley, New York, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 4, 2011

10 stars for easy, 3 stars for taste. Easy to make but strongly agree w/other reviews--you must add cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. or the taste will be bland. After living in Germany for a spell, I missed the substantive, rich apple filling. I forgot to do it this time, but next time I will add vanilla flavoring. I also missed the buttery taste. I could have infused it by adding a little flour to my butter/sugar sauce in my sauteed apple mixture to thicken it up. (To avoid excessive juice, I strained my sauteed the mixture of apples, raisins, chopped apricots (b/c I didn't have enough raisins) in a 1/2 tsp of butter & the sugar... I really didn't need the butter b/c the juice from the apples developed.) I don't like Granny Smiths but they are perfect for this recipe. I folded dough to overlap. Overall, VERY easy to make. I used confectioner's sugar instead of almonds to dress it up & added a few chopped walnuts to the apple filling. I'd make it again but add vanilla flavoring & season the dough more. Give it a try!

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Georgia Peach

Reviewed: Nov. 12, 2011

Very, very nice. I personally would add a little less cinnamon and sugar. Still very nice though.

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JJENNER273

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, U.K.

Living In: The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 1, 2011

Did not find this easy to make at all. I bake and follow recipes with ease. I found there was too much filling for the pastry - eventhough I rolled it larger than it came. Used Pepperidge Farm pastry sheets - maybe the wrong brand. This was for a school project for my son- luckily he gets graded on the effort - not the final product.

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