Just a short post today as I am “Rugrat Wrangling” over the next few days. It is great to have our youngest Grandson staying with us so we could spoil him rotten with the three essential food types of cake, sweets, and fast foods, playing and watching footy, and cooking with Grandma. Playing games was also essential, as was, of course, allowing him unlimited screen time and staying up late.

Cooking with Grandma.

Playing football and cooking with Grandma was my favourite activities.

My name is Charles and this is my quick and easy recipe for an apple strudel.

Before cooking you first need to have a healthy breakfast of pancakes with Nutella spread, berries, ice cream, maple syrup and “sprinkles”!

Now for the cooking. Get together your ingredients”

• 2 sheets of frozen puff pastry
• 1 egg
• 1 small can of apple slices
• 1 snack pack of sultanas
• milk for glazing
• 1/2 cup of custard powder
• 1 tablespoon of sugar
• 1 heaped teaspoon of cinnamon

This recipe is so easy even I can do it.

Mix the custard powder, sugar and nutmeg into a bowl and stir well

Gently fold in the canned apples

Lay out the frozen pastry on a flat rectangular tray. leave some left over on each side to fold on top later.

Oops I forgot to add the sultanas so I needed to fold them in straight away.

Spoon in the apple mixture starting with the corners and sides and then smooth out evenly.

Fold the top over. The small balls of pastry were silly grandpas idea!

Lightly brush all over with some milk, and cook in the oven until the pastry is golden brown.

Take out of the oven (grandpa did this for me) and lightly dust with icing sugar (I like it not so lightly).

It was yummy, yummy, yummy. Even more so because I cooked it!