Cookie Strudel

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    10 to 12

    11½ by 2½ inch strudels; servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      40 min

Appears in

By Rose Levy Beranbaum

Published 2014

  • About

The tender dough used for this strudel reminds me of another of my favorite cookies: Rugelach. Actually, the dough is quite similar, only instead of cream cheese, it contains sour cream, and instead of being shaped into individual spirals, it is shaped into long, slim rolls. The incredible sour cream dough is easy to work with, but it bakes up fragile and flaky. It is not strong enough to use for a fruit filling, but is perfect for the rugelachlike fi