Apple Strudel

Traditional Austrian pastry (Apfelstrudel). Serve with ice cream, whipped cream or custard.
Ingredients:

6 c Apples; tart, sliced (choose good cokking apple, crisp, sour and aromatic)
3/4 c Raisins
1 tb Lemon rind; grated
3/4 c Sugar
2 ts Cinnamon
3/4 c Almonds; ground
8 oz Fillo leaves; 1/2 box,thawed 1
3/4 c Butter;(no Margarine),melted
1 c Bread crumbs; finely crushed

Instructions:

Mix apples with raisins, lemon rind, Sugar, cinnamon, and almonds. Set aside. Place 1 fillo leaf on a Kitchen towel and brush witl melted Butter. Place a second leaf on top and brush with Butter again. Repeat until 5 leaves have been used, using about 1/2 c of Butter. Cook and stir Bread crumbs with 1/4 c of Butter until lightly browned. Sprinkle 3/4 cup crumbs on the layered fillo leaves. Mound 1/2 of the filling in a 3-inch strip along the narrow end of the fillo, leaving a 2-inch border. Lift towel, using it to roll leaves over apples, jelly roll fashion. Brush top of the strudel with Butter and sprinkle with 2 T crumbs. Repeat the entire procedure for the second strudle. Bake the strudels at 400 degrees F. for 20 to 25 miNutes, until browned. Makes 2 strudels, 6 to 8 servings each.