Best 6 Easy Cherry Strudels Recipes
Indulge in the delectable flavors of homemade cherry strudels, a delightful pastry that combines flaky layers of dough with a sweet and tangy cherry filling. These strudels are a perfect treat for any occasion, whether it's a cozy brunch with loved ones or an impressive dessert to end a special meal. With three scrumptious variations - classic cherry strudel, cream cheese cherry strudel, and chocolate cherry strudel - this article offers a delightful culinary journey that caters to diverse taste preferences. Get ready to embark on a baking adventure as we guide you through the step-by-step process of creating these delectable pastries, ensuring a delightful experience for bakers of all skill levels.
Here are our top 6 tried and tested recipes!
CHERRY STRUDEL RECIPE
This Cherry Strudel is so delicious - nobody will believe it's this easy to make!
Provided by Creative Team
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 410F/210C and line a large baking tray with a silicone mat.
- Place cherry pie filling, vanilla, sugar and ground arrowroot/cornstarch into a medium sized bowl and mix until smooth.
- Place one sheet of filo pastry onto your baking sheet, longest edge facing you, then brush lightly with melted butter. Lay the next sheet on top, then brush lightly with butter. Repeat until you have layered all 5 sheets of filo pastry. On your final sheet of pastry, brush lightly with butter again.
- Place cherry pie filling along the longest edge, about 1/2 inch away from the edge, neatly in a line, leaving a 1 inch gap at either end. (You may not need all of the cherry pie filling; I had a couple of tbsp leftover.)
- Take the 1/2 inch gap you left nearest you and gently fold over the cherry pie filling. Then gently continue to roll your strudel up until you get to the end. Hopefully you will end up with the seam side down on the baking tray, if not you will need to flip it. It will be fragile, so be careful! I used a spatula to lift half of it up, then placed a hand under there, then used the spatula again to help hold the other end, then I flipped it, so the seam was on the baking tray.
- Fold your ends underneath the strudel, then lightly brush with your beaten egg.
- Slash across your strudel a few times (just to allow some steam to exit!) and then place in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until golden and crisp and the filling is bubbling.
- Leave to cool for at least 45 minutes before slicing into 8 and serving. I dusted my strudel lightly with icing sugar before cutting.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 strudel, Calories 153 kcal, Carbohydrate 24 g, Protein 2 g, Fat 6 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 32 mg, Sodium 113 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 3 g
BLACK WALNUT AND CHERRY STRUDEL
A nice dessert that justifies the time it takes to make it. Recipe may be halved for smaller groups.
Provided by Plain ole Bob
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Mix egg and water together in a bowl.
- Beat cream cheese, white sugar, and lemon juice together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
- Roll each puff pastry into a 12x16-inch rectangle. Spread 1/2 of the cream cheese mixture down the center of a long side of each rectangle, leaving a 1-inch border. Top each of the cream cheese layers with 1/2 of the cherries and 1/2 of the walnuts.
- Fold opposite end of each puff pastry over the filling, brushing the edges with egg mixture to seal. Tuck the ends underneath the roll and place seam-side down on a baking sheet. Brush the tops of each strudel with egg mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 35 minutes. Cool strudels on baking sheet set on a wire rack, at least 30 minutes.
- Whisk confectioners' sugar, milk, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until desired consistency for glaze is reached; drizzle over strudels.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 357.1 calories, Carbohydrate 28 g, Cholesterol 27 mg, Fat 25.1 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 7.3 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 121.4 mg, Sugar 12.5 g
CHERRY STRUDEL
This cherry strudel comes together quickly, with only 5 ingredients, you will be enjoying it in no time!
Provided by Michaela Kenkel
Categories sweet
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Partially thaw Puff pastry and preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Use both sheets of puff pastry, on top of each other, slightly roll out to make a bit thinner and larger. Lay on the parchment. Pour cherry pie filling in the middle of the dough. I cut slits down each side, and folded them over to create the little holes so the cherry peeked through. Then folded over the top and bottom to secure the filling. pinching together as you go. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until outside is golden brown. Remove from oven, cool slightly and drizzle with icing while still warm. To make icing: combine powdered sugar, and almond extract, adding a little bit of milk at a time, until you get desired consistency.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1925 calories, Carbohydrate 422 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 5 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 23 grams fat, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, ServingSize 1, Sodium 291 grams sodium, Sugar 216 grams sugar, TransFat 0 grams trans fat, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams unsaturated fat
CHEESE AND CHERRY STRUDEL
Though strudel is a Viennese tradition, the fillings are usually used one at a time. But, when I'm in the bakery trying to choose between cherry strudel and cheese strudel, I always end up buying one of each because I can't choose between them! So here, I've combined the two and it works perfectly, like cherries on top of delicious cheesecake. Strudel dough is something Austro-Hungarians inherited from the Turks (who occupied Hungary for 100 years) but they bake their phyllo dough in layers with stripes of filling where as strudel is always wrapped around its filling. Strudel means "vortex" or "whirlpool". Albert Kumin, the legendary Swiss pastry chef who ruled the White House kitchen in the 1970s, fathered an entire generation of American pastry chefs through his cooking classes. Twenty years later, I still remember the sight of his huge hands gently spinning sugar into near-invisible threads, and stretching a single lump of strudel dough to cover an entire table. Strudel-making used to be a family affair, with all the women standing around the dining-room table, gradually pulling and smoothing the dough until it hung all the way to the floor! I was the granddaughter who inherited my Hungarian Grandmother Elsie's linen table cloths. I suspect they were used less for formal fancy dinner parties (they were to poor to afford to throw them) than they were for pulling strudel dough. And her large family with many sisters was the perfect tool to complete the job. These days, we have smaller families, working moms ? and frozen phyllo dough to take the place of strudel dough. I sprinkle nuts and sugar between the layers to let air in and to make a nice crisp dough but you'll also see recipes calling for toasted breadcrumbs in between the layers to surround the juicy fillings. Roll it up tightly and neatly, as if you are rolling your hair up in curlers!
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- In a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or using a hand mixer), blend the cream cheese until soft and smooth. Add the farmer's cheese and continue to blend. Add the egg and mix. Add 1/2 cup of the sugar and the vanilla. Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip (or just set aside in a bowl).
- Transfer 1 sheet of phyllo to the prepared pan. Using a pastry brush, brush the phyllo with butter. Sprinkle with 1/3 of the remaining 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/3 of the ground walnuts. Repeat with the 2 remaining sheets of phyllo--reserving the some melted butter and nuts for the top, once rolled.
- Turn the sheet pan so that the phyllo is horizontal to your body. Two inches in from the left-hand edge of the phyllo, working from top to bottom and leaving 2 inches bare at the top and bottom, pipe or spoon a 3/4 inch thick line of cream cheese mixture.
- Alongside the cream cheese, pour the cherry pie filling. Turn the sheet pan a quarter turn and, starting at the edge the fillings are near, roll up the pastry to encase the filling. Keep rolling to form a log. Move the log to the center of the sheet pan and tuck the ends under to keep the filling from oozing out. Brush the surface with melted butter and sprinkle with remaining sugar and nuts.
- Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes on the pan. Using a serrated knife, cut carefully into sections and serve warm.
EASY CHERRY STRUDELS
"My family loves this. It's on the table every Christmas morning and it travels so well to ladies brunches at our church. The original called for individual filo leaves and was very time consuming. Once, by mistake, I bought the puff pastry sheets and found that it was much faster." Susan Dancy - Tallahassee, Florida
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 35m
Yield 2 strudels (5 slices each).
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Drain cherries, reserving 1/3 cup juice. In a large saucepan, combine the cherries, sugar, cranberries and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Combine cornstarch and reserved juice and add to the pan. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir 1-2 minutes longer or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in walnuts. , Unfold one pastry sheet and cut in half. Mound half of the cherry mixture on one pastry half to within 1/2 in. of edges. Top with remaining pastry half; pinch edges to seal. Repeat with remaining pastry and filling. , Place on a greased foil-lined baking sheet. With a sharp knife, cut diagonal slits into tops of strudels; brush with egg. Bake at 400° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 506 calories, Fat 25g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 24mg cholesterol, Sodium 180mg sodium, Carbohydrate 65g carbohydrate (24g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 9g protein.
EASY APPLE STRUDEL
This apple strudel recipe is very simple to make, yummy and best of all, inexpensive.
Provided by JESSLUV
Categories Bread Yeast Bread Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place apples in a large bowl. Stir in brown sugar and golden raisins; set aside. Place puff pastry on baking sheet. Roll lightly with a rolling pin. Arrange apple filling down the middle of the pastry lengthwise. Fold the pastry lengthwise around the mixture. Seal edges of pastry by using a bit of water on your fingers, and rubbing the pastry edges together. Whisk egg and milk together, and brush onto top of pastry.
- Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until golden brown.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 501.2 calories, Carbohydrate 87.9 g, Cholesterol 31.8 mg, Fat 16.5 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 130.3 mg, Sugar 62.2 g
Tips:
- Use fresh cherries for the best flavor. If using frozen cherries, thaw them completely and drain them well before using.
- If you don't have a cherry pitter, you can use a small sharp knife to remove the pits.
- To make the strudels easier to roll, place the dough on a lightly floured surface.
- Don't overfill the strudels, or they will be difficult to seal and may burst open during baking.
- Be sure to preheat your oven before baking the strudels. This will help them to rise properly.
- Serve the strudels warm or at room temperature. They can be topped with powdered sugar, whipped cream, or ice cream.
Conclusion:
These cherry strudels are a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. They are also a great way to use up fresh cherries. With a few simple ingredients and a little bit of time, you can make these strudels that will be sure to impress your family and friends.
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