Apple and date strudel

Babiche Martens

Ingredients

4 tsp	Baking powder
2 cups	Plain flour (Main)
½ tsp	Salt
½ cup	Milk
¼ cup	White sugar
150 g	Butter

Filling

2 ½ cups	Apples, chopped (Main)
1	Lemon, zest
¼ cup	Brown sugar
1 tsp	Cinnamon
1 cup	Dates, Puree (reserve to fold though whipped cream)

Date Puree

1 cup	Dates (Main)
1 cup	Water, boiling

Directions

1. 1 cup dates soaked in 1 cup of boiling water for 15 minutes, drain and then puree.
2. Preheat oven to 180C. Into a bowl sift flour, baking powder, salt, and add the sugar.
3. Cut butter in cubes and rub into flour until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add milk and combine to form a soft dough.
4. In a bowl toss apples with lemon, half the sugar and half the cinnamon.
5. Roll dough into a 20 x 30cm rectangle. Cover with date puree, apples, sugar and cinnamon.
6. Roll, and seal with a little water. Brush with a little extra butter, and roll in remaining sugar and cinnamon mix.
7. Bake for 30 minutes, until crisp and brown.