Recipe for Apple Strudel

Ingredients:
1 cup cold butter
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1/4 teaspoon salt

Filling:
2 cups dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup butter, melted
4 medium baking apples, peeled and chopped
2 cups sugar
1 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Confectioners' sugar, optional

Directions:
In a medium bowl, cut butter into flour until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add the sour cream and salt; mix well. Shape the dough into a ball; cover and refrigerate overnight.

For filling, combine the bread crumbs and butter. Add apples, sugar, raisins, pecans and cinnamon; mix well and set aside.

Divide dough into thirds; turn onto a floured surface. Roll each into a 15-in. x 12-in. rectangle. Spoon filling evenly onto dough; spread to within 1 in. of edges. Roll up from one long side; pinch seams and ends to seal.

Carefully place each loaf seam side down on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely on wire racks. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired.

Yield: 3 loaves.

** Another reason why my crust chao-tar was because this recipe did not specify whether to bake at 350°F or 350°C. I thought it was in celsius. As my oven is the small type, the highest degree was only 220°C. So naturally I turned on the full blast lor... so the crust must have chao-tarred because the temperature was too strong.

I went to check other recipes after that, and concluded that it should be 350°F >.<'''