Name: Christmas Strudel
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: serves 12 people
Cuisine: Austrian
Ingredients: 80 g (2/3 cup) ground cookies like Plazma; 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar; spices: 1/2 tsp ginger powder, 1/4 tsp all-spice powder, 1 tsp cinnamon powder; 100 g (3.5 ounces) dried fruits (apricots, plums, raisins); 80 ml (1/3 cup) rum; 120 g (1 stick) unsalted butter; 1 mandarin; 400 g (14 oz) phyllo pastry sheets; 6 apples (Gala or Idared); 6 pears (Abata); 1 tbsp vanilla sugar or sugar; 2 tbsp mixed nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, pistachios); 12 Plazma cookies; 100 g (3.5 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate

Christmas Strudel

Christmas holidays are our favorite time of the year. We are the most creative that time of the year; we spend a lot of time with our family and love to eat and make delicious foods. This year, we are hosting a Christmas Eve dinner for the third time. If you have hosted large gatherings, you know it’s a lot of work. We spend a lot of time making appetizers and mains, so we love to make the dessert ahead of time. Last year, we made Brigadeiros, and this year, we plan on doing this Christmas strudel. Why? Because we can easily make it a day ahead, the prep is simple, and everyone in the family adores it.

Special occasions Christmas Strudel

These are the top reasons to make Christmas Strudel:

your home will smell fantastic when this strudel will bake
in this roll, you can find delicious ingredients like apples, pears, nuts, dried fruits, chocolate, and cookies
you can easily adjust the ingredients and use what you have at home
kids and adults love it
keep the strudel in the fridge or freeze it for later
the perfect Christmas dessert

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Essential ingredients

This Christmas Strudel is delicious and a great way to use any leftover Christmas goodies like dried fruits, chocolate, mixed nuts, and cookies. You can find all these ingredients in this festive roll.

Cookies - we used whole Plazma cookies and ground cookies in this recipe. Feel free to use graham cracker crumbs if you can't find Plazma in your country.

Spices - this roll would only be festive with essential spices like ginger, allspice, and cinnamon.

Dried fruits - use what you have at home. We used a mixture of dried apricots, plums, and raisins.

Rum - pour rum over dried fruits to make it juicy and delicious. Bring to a boil, which means the alcohol will evaporate, so you can easily offer this dessert to kids. Feel free to substitute the rum with water.

Phyllo - use fresh phyllo sheets. Feel free to make it at home or use store-bought sheets.

Apples and pear - there's only a strudel with fresh fruit. You can find apples and pears in this recipe, which makes it incredibly delicious.

Mixed nuts - use what you have at home. We used a mixture of walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, and pistachios.

Chocolate - we love dark chocolate in this strudel. We recommend using semi-sweet or dark chocolate. Use roughly chopped chocolate instead of chocolate chips.

Storing and freezing

Christmas Strudel keeps well, and we can easily freeze it for later. This way, we always have some festive food at hand when we crave it. You can freeze the whole strudel or cut it into slices,

Keep the Christmas Strudel covered at room temperature for up to a day. Or transfer the strudel to an airtight container. Seal and place in the fridge for up to 5 days. Before serving, place the strudel at room temperature or reheat it in the microwave.

Feel free to freeze the Christmas Strudel. Place the strudel in a freezer bag or airtight container. Keep in the freezer for up to a month. Before serving, defrost it by placing it at room temperature or reheat it in the microwave.

How to make Christmas Strudel at home (video)

Check this quick video to master making Christmas Strudel at home.

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Thanks, Plazma, for sponsoring this recipe.

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