Dried Cherry And Walnut Strudel Bundles

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/8 cups dried cherries
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 3/4 cup walnuts, ground
• 6 tablespoons apricot jam
• 24 phyllo pastry sheets (fresh or frozen, thawed)
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• kitchen string (6 6-inch-long pieces )
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 place cherries in small bowl. pour 3/4 cup boiling water over.
• 2 let stand until softened, about 30 minutes. drain well.
• 3 pat cherries dry with paper towels.
• 4 mix cherries, nuts and jam in medium bowl.
• 5 lightly oil heavy medium baking sheet.
• 6 stack phyllo sheets on work surface.
• 7 trim to 10-inch square (save scraps for another use). cover stack with plastic and damp kitchen towel.
• 8 place 1 phyllo square on work surface. brush lightly with butter.
• 9 arrange another phyllo square atop, with corners at a slight angle. brush lightly with butter.
• 10 repeat with 2 more squares, arranging corners at slight angle.
• 11 spoon 1/4 cup cherry mixture in center of phyllo stack.
• 12 edges of phyllo and bring together around filling, forming bundle.
• 13 with string, tie bundle just above filling. place on prepared sheet.
• 14 repeat with remaining phyllo and filling, forming total of 6 bundles.
• 15 brush outside of filled portion (but not tops) of each bundle with butter. (can be made 1 day ahead. cover carefully and chill.).
• 16 preheat oven to 325°f
• 17 bake until phyllo is golden about 35 minutes.
• 18 transfer sheet to rack and cool. carefully cut string from each bundle.
• 19 sift powdered sugar over bundles and serve.