Strudel Surprise!

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk, room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons rapid-rise active dry yeast
• 8 ounces cream cheese (or farmers cheese)
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 lemons, zest of or 1 orange, zest of
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup pistachios, peeled
• 1/2 cup raisins, re-hydrated in water (dried cranberries, dried blueberries are great choice as well)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/2 cup ground almonds (finely crushed almond cookies works)
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 pour dough ingredients into bread machine.
• 2 keep the yeast, salt and sugar separate. according to you machine directions.
• 3 set on dough cycle.
• 4 mean while mix the cheese, yolks, zest, and vanilla. stir in the pistachio and raisins. chill till ready to use.
• 5 grease baking sheet pan. preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 6 when dough cycle is finished, place to dough on a lightly powdered sugared surface.
• 7 punch down dough and roll into 2 - 14 by 10 inch rectangle.
• 8 brush each dough with melted butter and sprinkle with almonds.
• 9 spread 1/2 the cheese mixture leaving an edge.
• 10 roll into 2 jelly rolls.
• 11 place on baking sheet pan cover with plastic wrap and rise for 30 minutes.
• 12 egg wash the tops and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar and or nuts.
• 13 serve warm.