Apple, cinnamon and walnuts are the unbeatable trio for me. One of the best culinary combinations being they are, very difficult to resist eating, in whatever form you prepare them. No wonder, apple strudels or pies are two of the most wanted desserts around. This recipe is from my dear aunt Şencan, who makes delightful desserts in the kitchen as well as teaching maths at high school. This also has similiar memories as the yeast roll; I got the recipe during same winter. I have been gladly eating the ones she was preparing, but now I am away and trying to make them myself, remembering the past. Because I love the stuffing to be in bite-sized pieces; I thinly slice the apples instead of shredding them and leaving walnuts also coarsely chopped. The recipe yields only 16 with my way of cutting the pieces, but normally you will end up having around 25, by cutting smaller triangles from the dough.
- 125 gr. butter (at room temperature)
- 1/2 cup of olive or sunflower oil ( around 125 gr.)
- 1/2 cup of yoghurt
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- 2.5 cups of all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda (not heaped)
- 1 sachet of vanilla
- 3 apples (shredded or thinly sliced)
- 2-3 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup of chopped walnuts
Gather rest of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and knead a soft dough by adding the flour slowly. You may need to add some more, though the dough should be slightly sticky. Wrap with cling film and leave to rest in the fridge for 20 minutes. In the meantime heat your oven to 180C. Cut the dough in 2-3 pieces on a floured surface and roll to 1/2 cm thickness. Cut to 6-8 triangles and place a tablespoon of stuffing on the wide end. Roll and tuck their ends, place on lightly greased baking sheet; giving the crescent shape.
Cook in preheated oven around 30 minutes or until the colour turns light golden. Sift with powdered sugar immediately and leave on wire racks to cool. They stay fresh and crisp at room temperature; in a tightly closed tin, 4-5 days. Time to prepare the tea...or coffee you prefer?
Enjoy!
Dear me, you make me hungry. Again. Me with my steady craving for sweet things. But why do I have to check your site again...;-) And it's surely not because of my name that I also die for the described classical apple-cinnemon-nuts combination. Exactly as you mention we have many variations of similar pastries here, most of them with Bohemian background. Could you please, please send me one (or two ?) of those wonderful crescents to heal my terrible flu ? Too bad, I can smell them but I can't remove them from the screen. But at least I still can joke a little with you... big hug, angelika
So when should I learn not to read food blogs before breakfast? These look and sound absolutely delicious!! BTW, I got your package last night! Thank you so much, that was so super sweet!! Now I can finally try out cream of tartar!! :) And try a second type of Halva! You rock!
Hello Angelika, now this means you should make a strudel for me when I come over...and some wiener schnitzel? :-) I really would like to eat them from your hands. I wish I could treat your flu by baking sweets:-)
Thanks for stopping by Anne, enjoy the goodies, they were very few but promising for more:-) Greetings to Per from Sakis and me.