Apple Strudel

This classic dessert tastes best served warm from the oven.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 slice and 1/4 cup ice cream)

Ingredients

• 1/3  cup  raisins
• 3  tablespoons  amaretto (almond-flavored liqueur)
• 3  cups  coarsely chopped peeled Granny Smith apple (about 1 pound)
• 1/3  cup  sugar
• 3  tablespoons  all-purpose flour
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground cinnamon
• 8  sheets frozen phyllo dough, thawed
• Butter-flavored cooking spray
• 2  cups  vanilla low-fat ice cream
• Fresh mint (optional)

Preparation

Combine raisins and amaretto in a bowl. Microwave at high 1 1/2 minutes; drain well.

Combine raisins, apple, sugar, flour, and cinnamon in a bowl. Toss well, and set aside.

Place 1 phyllo sheet on work surface (cover remaining dough to keep from drying); lightly coat with cooking spray. Working with 1 phyllo sheet at a time, coat remaining 7 phyllo sheets with cooking spray, placing one on top of the other. Place a sheet of plastic wrap over phyllo, pressing gently to seal sheets together; discard plastic wrap.

Spoon apple mixture along 1 long edge of phyllo, leaving a 2-inch border. Fold over the short edges of phyllo to cover 2 inches of apple mixture on each end.

Starting at long edge with 2-inch border, roll up jelly-roll fashion. (Do not roll tightly, or strudel may split.) Place strudel, seam side down, on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking spray. Score diagonal slits into top of strudel using a sharp knife. Lightly spray strudel with cooking spray.

Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream. Garnish with fresh mint, if desired.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

211 (15% from fat)

Fat:

3.6g (sat 1.2g,mono 0.9g,poly 1.2g)

Protein:

3.1g

Carbohydrate:

40.3g

Fiber:

1.5g

Cholesterol:

5mg

Iron:

0.9mg

Sodium:

121mg

Calcium:

53mg