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Apfel Strudel

(German Apple Cake.) This is a very fine cake, but not often made properly, as it takes time. Mix 1 tablespoonful of butter with 1 large cup of flour, add 1 egg and sufficient milk to make a stiff paste. Knead for 1/2 hour, lay aside and cover, near the fire. Mix 1 dozen peeled and sliced apples with 2 cupfuls of fried bread-crumbs, 1/4 pound of chopped almonds, 3/4 cup of currants or raisins cut up, and 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon. Mix all well, and rolling the dough very thin, spread this evenly over it. Now fold it and pull until as thin as paper, but not broken. Roll up like jelly cake, curve in shape of an 8, and bake 1 1/4 hours, basting often with 1/2 cup of butter. Serve either hot or cold, in slices.