Caramel Apple Toaster Strudel

By Rachel Conners @bakeritablog

These Caramel Apple Toaster Strudel are a homemade twist on your childhood favorite! With a sticky sweet caramel apple filling and a cream cheese glaze, these are an upgrade on the classic. This recipe is published on Delish.com as part of my partnership with them.

​Okay, raise your hand if you loved having Toaster Strudel for breakfast as a kid or teen. Hand raised? This recipe is for you. Think of your childhood favorite, with its super flaky crust, sticky fruit filling, and sweet creamy icing—now imagine it deliciously upgraded for grown-up consumption.

These Caramel Apple Toaster Strudels are a fall-themed homemade take on the regular old Apple Toaster Strudel. They have a gooey apple filling that’s thick, sweet, and full of creamy caramel. Half the apples are diced into small chunks to add texture, while the other half of the apples are grated to help thicken the apple mixture.

After cooking down the apples for a few minutes to soften them, caramel is mixed right into the apple mixture, giving you that swoon-worthy caramel apple flavor without the mess of eating an actual caramel apple.

I used puff pastry for the strudel crust, which makes these much easier to make. By rolling the puff pastry into a large rectangle, you can get a crispy, layered crust that isn’t too thick or doughy.

The caramel apple mixture is dolloped on top of rectangles of puff pastry, then sealed with an egg wash and another rectangle of puff pastry. If you want a shiny crust, you can add more egg wash on top of the prepared Toaster Strudel before baking.​

After getting nice and golden brown in the oven, these Caramel Apple Toaster Strudels get a drizzle of white cream cheese icing. Let everyone drizzle on their own icing for the most classic experience (and because you know everyone will want to drizzle a little extra).

Take a bite and be brought back to your childhood mornings in the best possible way.​

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  • Caramel Apple Crumb Bars (GF, Refined SF + Vegan)