Recipe: Quick Apple Strudel

Quick Apple Strudel
rec.food.recipes/Dancer/1999

2 cups flour
2 tbsp. sugar
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
4 tbsp. butter flavor Crisco
2/3 to 3/4 cup regular milk
3 cups chopped apples
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon and or apple pie spice

1 can of white frosting
Chopped nuts
Maraschino cherries

Sift flour, the 2 tablespoons sugar, baking powder, and salt together. Cut in shortening and add milk to make a soft dough. Knead gently on floured board. Roll out 1/4 inch thick. Brush with melted butter; cover with chopped apples. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon or apple pie spice over apples. Roll jelly-roll fashion and form in semi-circle on greased baking sheet.

Bake in 425 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes. While warm frost with white frosting. Sprinkle with chopped nuts over frosting. Decorate with cherries.