Cherry Cheese Strudel

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 ounces fat free cream cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
• 8 sheets frozen phyllo pastry sheets, thawed
• 2 sheets low-fat honey graham crackers, crushed
• 20 ounces light cherry pie filling, drained
• cooking spray
• confectioners' sugar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400.
• 2 beat first 4 ingredients until smooth.
• 3 coat jelly roll pan with spray.
• 4 cover phyllo with wax paper and damp paper towels to keep moist.
• 5 place 1 sheet phyllo on pan. coat with cooking spray.
• 6 sprinkle 1 1/2 t graham crumbs on top.
• 7 repeat layering with remaining phyllo spray and crumbs ending with phyllo.
• 8 spoon cheese mixture in a 3 inch wide strip along 1 long side of dough leaving a 2 inch border on long and short ends.
• 9 top with pie filling.
• 10 fold ends and long side over filling.
• 11 starting with filled long side, roll.
• 12 place seam side down and coat with spray.
• 13 bake 25-30 minutes or until golden on top. cool.
• 14 if desired, sprinkle confectioners sugar on top.