Apple and nut filled Fluden
From midgelet 15 years ago
- 45 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Fluden is a multilayered cookie dough pastry of Eastern European origin. Filled with fruit and nuts, it is like a fruit filled bar cookie/cake
Ingredients
- DOUGH shopping list
- 4 1/2 cups flour shopping list
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder shopping list
- 1 1/8 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/4 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 1/8 cups solid vegetable shortening shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- 2 1/2 tablespoons ice water shopping list
- FILLING shopping list
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice shopping list
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon zest shopping list
- 10 large apples, peeled and grated shopping list
- 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs shopping list
- 16 ounces fruit preserves ( apricots, orange, berry, pineapple, mango etc ) shopping list
- 1 cup raisins shopping list
- 1 cup chopped nuts ( walnuts, pecans, almonds etc ) shopping list
- TOPPING shopping list
- 1/3 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon shopping list
How to make it
- Dough :
- Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and shortening at medium speed with electric mixer to form dough.
- Add eggs, 1 at a time, and blend well.
- Mix in ice water until dough forms ball.
- If dough is dry, add additional ice water by teaspoonfuls.
- Divide dough into 4 balls and cover with plastic wrap while preparing filling.
- Filling:
- Toss juice and zest with apples.
- .Add crumbs, preserves, raisins and nuts.
- Topping:
- Combine sugar and cinnamon.
- ASSEMBLY
- Flour for rolling
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
- Roll out 1 ball of dough to rectangle the size of pan on lightly floured wax or parchment paper.
- Flip into pan and firmly press down.
- Top with one-third filling.
- Repeat twice with dough and filling, topping with last dough sheet.
- Sprinkle with topping.
- Bake 45 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cut into squares in pan and return to oven additional 10 minutes.
- Note: Align dough directly with edge of baking pan before flipping.
The Rating
Reviewed by 5 people-
wow love the flavors in this one great post thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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Love it! So unique and interesting! Flagging it and can't wait to make it!
juels
in Clayton loved it
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I love the name! Fluden, fluden, fluden! almost like syllabub!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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