Strudel Dough

Strudel has been made in Austria and Hungary for hundreds of years. My own history with this pastry is a long one. I first tried a strudel recipe in one of my mother’s cookbooks as a teenager and was amazed that the dough was so easy to stretch paper thin, especially since I had absolutely no pastry skills at the time. This recipe is straightforward and easy to follow, and outlines the basic method for pulling the dough to the required transparent thinness. When you make a strudel, it is be