Apple Povatietsa (Yugoslavian Strudel) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 egg
    3 cups flour
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 cup lukewarm water
    3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, melted
    4 -5 granny smith apples
    1 cup raisins
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preparation
    Mix egg with flour and salt in a bowl.
    Add water and 1/2 c melted butter or margarine gradually.
    Knead until smooth, keeping dough as soft as possible.
    Grease dough ball and place in a covered bowl for 20 minutes or more.
    Then place dough ball on a large surface - such as a table - that is covered with a cloth.
    Roll dough out as thin as possible with a rolling pin.
    then gently pull dough from all sides, stretching it until dough is tissue-thin.
    Patience and gentle pulling does it.
    if dough tears, keep going and mend it by joining dough ends.
    Spread entire dough with 1/2 c butter or margarine, then with sliced apples, raisins, sugar and cinnamon.
    roll into a jelly roll shape, then form roll into a circle or coil.
    Bake in a greased pan at 350 for 1 hour, or until golden brown.
    Long roll can also be cut in two parts, placed side by side and baked if preferred.

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