Day 1 - Apple strudel

Dinner time came and due to some errands I had to run in the afternoon I came home exhausted and hungry. In the general lack of ideas, but with an odd craving for apples, I yet again opened a cookbook (this time it was The Joy of Vegan Baking) at the index page and under "apples" contemplating between apple cobbler and apple crumble and finally, given that I had at hand a package of refrigerated vegan pastry that would ensure a quickly made product, opted for an apple strudel, which hopefully would last for breakfast as well. I also indulged in a snack of pistachios while watching some highly romantic movie I do not even want do name.

QUICK APPLE STRUDEL

1 package (250 g) of vegan pastry

3 large apples

juice of half a lemon

1 spoon of brown sugar

cinnamon

a drizzle of plain soy milk

Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Open the package of vegan pastry and spread it out. Usually it already comes with baking paper, so just leave the pastry on the paper. 

Peel the apples and grate them coarsely, leaving chunks. Sprinkle the apples with lemon juice so as to prevent oxidation.

Spread the apples over the pastry, but not on the entire surface, only from one side to the other along the longer side, leaving some pastry on either side blank. Sprinkle the apples with brown sugar (one spoon is more than enough), then add cinnamon for flavor.

Finally roll your pastry over the apples to create a log and close the sides. With your fingers, spread the soy milk on top of the strudel (this replaces the glazing effect of the egg). This whole procedure should not take more than 10 minutes top.

Place your strudel with the baking paper in a baking tray, place in the preheated oven and bake for 20 - 25 minutes.

If you wish, you can then top your baked strudel with powder sugar, but I prefer mine without it.