Dried Fruit Strudel

This is my grandma’s recipe for dried fruit strudel, which is unlike any strudel recipe I have come across. Esther Terry was a fabulous baker who was born in Minsk and immigrated to the United States when she was sixteen. Her baking repertoire was extensive, and not surprisingly, none of her recipes were written down. When we visited Grandma and Grandpa in Chicago and then in Coral Gables, Florida, I could always count on her apple-shaped cookie jar to be filled to the brim with thick slice