½ cup warm water
⅔ cup sugar
1¼ cups milk
1 tsp salt
1 cup shortening
1 tsp grated orange or lemon rind
4 eggs
2 pkgs dry yeast
filling
Mix
flour, sugar, salt and rind in a bowl.
Dissolve yeast in warm water.
Heat milk in saucepan with shortening. When luke warm add to flour mixture and then
pour in water and yeast. Work dough well
and knead until smooth and elastic.
Let
rise until double in size. Divide into
three parts. Roll each into a sheet
about 12x14. Spread your filling over
the dough and roll up like a jelly roll. Brush the top of the strudel roll with
a little salad oil. Put into a greased
pan to rise until double again. Bake 40
minutes at 350.
