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cranberry cookie strudel

(6 ratings)
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Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Didi Dalaba
@didicoffeegirl
Greece, NY

This recipe reminds me of autumn, upcoming holidays, and the aromas of baking at home. I dedicate this to my good friend Carol! You can use whole canned cranberry sauce if you prefer.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Cranberries serve up just the right amount of tart in this scrumptious sweet concoction. It's a semi-homemade strudel with a flaky pie crust and a cookie crumble. Inside is a sweet and tart cranberry filling. Sanding sugar gives the strudel extra sparkle and the crust extra crunch. This will be a popular dessert during the holiday season.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(6 ratings)
yield 2 loaves
prep time 1 Hr 30 Min
cook time 45 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For cranberry cookie strudel

  • CRANBERRY SAUCE
  • 1 pkg
    fresh cranberries (12 oz)
  • 1 1/2 c
    granulated sugar
  • 1 tsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground cloves
  • 1/4 tsp
    ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 c
    water
  • 1
    lemon, zested
  • STRUDEL
  • 2
    premade pie crusts
  • 4 Tbsp
    softened butter or margarine, divided
  • 12
    Keebler Sandies or any shortbread of choice
  • 2 tsp
    grated orange zest, divided
  • 1/2 c
    sanding sugar crystals, divided
  • 1 lg
    egg white
  • 1 Tbsp
    water

How To Make cranberry cookie strudel

  • In a pot add cranberries, spices, zest, and water.
    1
    Make your cranberry sauce. In a pot add cranberries, spices, zest, and water. Let simmer for approximately 30 minutes until all the sugar has dissolved and the cranberries are soft and most of them have popped.
  • After it cooks, cool the cranberry sauce.
    2
    Turn off the heat and cool. Meanwhile, as the cranberry sauce is cooling, add the cookies to a mini food chopper or food processor. Pulse until the cookies are rough crumbles.
  • Spread butter over the pie crust.
    3
    Once the cranberry sauce has cooled, it's time to prepare your strudel. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Cut a piece of wax/parchment paper and unroll your pie crust on the paper. Roll out the pie crust on the left and right side, making it almost like a rectangle, but not quite. Spread 2 Tbsp of butter over the pie crust.
  • Add cookie crumbs and orange zest.
    4
    Add 1/4 of the cookie crumbs and 1 tsp grated orange zest.
  • Add half the cranberry sauce.
    5
    Add 1/2 of the cranberry sauce.
  • Sprinkle another 1/4 cup of crumbled cookies.
    6
    Sprinkle another 1/4 of the cookie crumbs over the cranberry sauce mixture.
  • Roll the strudel and fold in sides as you roll.
    7
    Working from the end closest to you, roll the pie crust jelly roll style away from you. Tuck your ends in as rolling. When finished, the seam should be on the top.
  • Brush egg white along the seam and on the strudel.
    8
    Beat the egg white with water until frothy. Baste the egg white mixture along the seam.
  • Seal the crust closed.
    9
    Press the seam into the pie crust to ensure it doesn't separate upon breaking. Cut small slits into the top.
  • Sprinkle sanding sugar on the strudel and cut slits.
    10
    Baste the egg white mixture along the strudel. Sprinkle the sanding sugar all over the strudel.
  • Repeat with the second crust and bake.
    11
    Repeat with the second pie crust, sauce, cookie crumbs, and zest. Bake in a preheated 375 F oven for 35-45 minutes or until nicely golden.
  • Cool the Cranberry Strudel.
    12
    Remove from oven and let cool. A slice pairs nicely with vanilla ice cream.
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