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THE PERFECT PastryAlmost as good as a hug and easy peasy to make! Kids will love mixture over the pastry sheet. Place the apple or soft fruit mixture help making this little gem. The strudel uses apples or whatever soft down the center of the pastry lengthwise leaving a third of the pastry fruit you have on hand, which makes the transition from winter to empty on both sides and an inch at the top and bottom of the pastry. spring effortless. This recipe is low glycemic so it can be served for Make diagonal cuts in the pastry (about 45 degrees) down both sides breakfast, a mid-morning or afternoon tea snack, and even as dessert. of the fruit mixture just to the fruit at equal ½-inch intervals. Brush This spring treat yourself and your family to ‘an apple a day wrapped all four sides of the pastry with egg white. At each end, fold the end in a cozy puff pastry blanket’ and give yourself a little hug. bits of pastry over and then starting at one end fold a pastry strip from one side across to the other side covering the filling and then on Body Hugging Strudel the opposite side of that fold a strip coming over the filling so that it forms a lattice. Continue down the pastry to the end and then brush Ingredients the top and sides with egg white. Chill until ready to bake. Place on 2 medium organic (Honey Crisp if possible) apples or 1 1/2 cups a baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes at 350F convection (or raspberries, blueberries or other 375F) on the middle rack in the oven until golden brown. Serve warm 1/4 cup raisins (only if using apples) from the oven or room temperature sliced across either on its own for 3 tbsp coconut sugar breakfast or with ice cream for an elegant dessert. Serves about 6-8. 1 tsp cinnamon (omit if using raspberries) 1 egg white 1/2 a sheet (lengthwise) chilled and defrosted puff pastry (DuFour brand is best and closest to homemade) Instructions: Roll out the pastry on a piece of parchment paper an inch bigger on every side and chill. Mix coconut sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and set aside. Cut the apples with skin on (discarding the core) Photography by Glenn Roberson Jill Dahan lives in Cornelius and is the author of Starting Fresh! Recipes for Life. You can learn more about her at www.jilldahan.com. To learn more about her nonprofit, Sunninghill Jill Kids, visit into small chunks and cook in a pan over medium heat with the www.sunninghilljillkids.org. melted butter, two tbsp of the sugar mixture and raisins for about 5-7 minutes until slightly softened. Sprinkle a tablespoon of the sugar

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