Chocolate Nut Apple Strudel

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== Ingredients ==
* 1 sheet (½ of 17½ oz pkg) frozen puff pastry
* 1 cup finely shredded peeled apple
* ¾ cup ground pecans
* ½ cup vanilla wafer crumbs (about 15 wafers)
* ½ cup Hershey's cocoa or Hershey's Dutch processed cocoa
* ¼ cup (½ stick) butter or margarine, melted
* ⅓ cup sugar
* 2 eggs
* ½ tsp vanilla extract
* 2 tsp water
* Powdered sugar drizzle (recipe follows)
* Chocolate chip drizzle (recipe follows)
== Directions ==
# Thaw puff pastry according to package directions.
# Heat oven to 425°F.
# Sprinkle cookie sheet with cold water.
# Stir together apple, pecans, crumbs and cocoa in medium bowl.
# Stir together butter, sugar, 1 egg and vanilla in small bowl; add to apple mixture, stirring gently until well blended.
# Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin to 12x10-inch rectangle.
# Spoon apple mixture lengthwise down center of pastry.
# Lightly beat remaining 1 egg and water.
# Fold one side of pastry over apple mixture; brush long edge with egg mixture.
# Brush long edge of remaining side of pastry with egg mixture; fold over filling.
# Press edges together to seal.
# Place, seam-side down, on prepared cookie sheet.
# Brush with remaining egg mixture.
# Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown.
# Cool about 20 minutes.
# Prepare Powdered sugar drizzle and Chocolate chip drizzle; drizzle over strudel.
# Cut into slices.
=== Powdered sugar drizzle ===
# Stir together ¾ cup powdered sugar and 2 to 3 teaspoons milk in small bowl until smooth and of desired consistency.
=== Chocolate chip drizzle ===
# Place ¼ cup Hershey's semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1½ teaspoons shortening (do not use butter, margarines
# Spread or oil) in small microwave-safe bowl.
# Microwave at HIGH (100%) 30 seconds; stir.
# In necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chips are melted when stirred.
Category:Pastry Recipes