Description
Ingredients
- 4 cups flour
- 4 Tbs. Sugar
- 1 cup lukewarm water
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 2 cakes yeast regular or dry
- 1/2 cup soft butter
- 1 tsp. salt
Raisin Filling
Directions
- Crumble yeast in bowl, add water and Sugar stirring till mixture liquifys.
- Blend flour and butter with wire pastry blender.
- Mix well, mix in eggs, salt and yeast.
- Mix until dough is smooth and leaves side of bowl clean. Do not let rise.
- Divide into four portions and roll each out in a rectangular shape sprinkled with Raisin filling, dribble 1/4 cup of melted butter over all and roll up like Jelly Roll.
- Prick roll with toothpick on top and sides to keep roll from splitting while baking.
- Place in greased baking pans.
- Bake at once in 325 oven about 30 to 45 min. or until brown.
- Soak raisins in hot water 5 minutes to soften raisins, drain and pat dry. Divide raisins into 4 bowls. One for each rolled strudel.
- To each bowl add a heaping 1/4 cup of Sugar, and 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon. Toss.
- These cakes can be wrapped in foil and stored in the freezer after they are baked.