Fluden

Ingredients

2 cups flour 3/4 cup vegetable shortening 2 egg yolks 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 tps. baking powder 6 tbsp. strawberry jam 2 tbsp. sugar 2 tbsp. cinnamon 1 cup chopped nuts

Instructions

Mix flour, salt, and baking powder. Cut in shortening until crumbly.

Mix orange juice and egg yolks together and add to flour mixture with a fork. Form into 2 balls, wrap, and chill for a few hours.

Place 1 ball on a floured board and roll out as thinly as possible into a rectangle.

Spread 1/2 jam on bottom third of dough. Combine nuts, cinnamon, and sugar and sprinkle 1/2 mixture over entire rectangle and roll like a jelly roll

Repeat with second ball. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Score top about every 1/2 inch.

Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes.

Slice while still warm.

Description

This is like a strudel. The dough is so lovely and light and thin. Here they are on my mother's antique dish.

Servings

20-22

Source

Posted on Just a Pinch Recipes by Nikki Olschwanger

Notes

When I took the dough out of the refrigerator, it was so soft that I was reviewing in my head how much flour I had used. However, it did roll out nice and thin as instructed. Be sure to flour the board and rolling pin generously and turn it a few times as you roll. It used quite a bit of flour. I used a brush to remove the extra flour when I rolled it.