Handfuls of flour are sprinkled across a patterned cotton cloth the length and width of the dining room table before a cold slab of handmade strudel dough is placed in the middle of it. My hands fall ...

Apple strudel is famously difficult to make, but Heidi Riegler makes it look easy. The proprietor of Vienna Cookie Company in Baldwin handles the dough as easily as if it were laundry. And she not ...

Phyllo dough's flaky, almost see-through sheets are essential for this Apple Strudel recipe. After being brushed with melted butter, the delicate layers enticingly shatter upon baking. And when paired ...

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. 2. In a small pot, bring the rum and raisins to a boil. Turn off and let sit for 15 minutes. 3. In a small ...

As summer's warmth fades and the crispness of fall slowly descends, the orchards are bursting with sweet, juicy apples, practically begging to be baked into something delicious. While apple pie is a ...

The Saturday after Thanksgiving, we went to Mt. Angel, Ore. We visited the breathtaking Mount Angel Abbey, perched high on a hill with a heart-stopping view of Oregon’s pastoral beauty spread out ...

One recipe to take advantage of an apple bounty is flaky strudel. Caroline Barrett recommends tube-shaped pasta to accompany her roasted red pepper vodka sauce. Caroline Barrett serving a portion of ...

A few weeks ago, on one of those sunshiny Saturdays in November, my husband and I decided to take a day trip. Early that morning we got in the car and headed south from Bemidji, Minn. After a brief ...

Strudels are most closely associated with Austria, but this flaky pastry is popular across Europe -- Switzerland, Bavaria, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia -- and is likely the result ...

My thoughts immediately travel back to my grandma's apple strudel. She would mix up some dough and then place it on a large table that she had carefully covered with a clean white bedsheet. And then ...