Email to Donna Gregory      

Apple Rolls

Source of Recipe

Household Searchlight Cookbook, 1940s (Cook's Exchange)


Recipe Introduction

Makes 8 rolls

List of Ingredients

2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
4 cups pared thinly sliced apples
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup brown sugar





Recipe

Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening with 2 spatulas. Add milk, Mix quickly and lightly. Turn onto lightly floured board. Roll in oblong sheet 1/4 inch thick. Brush with melted butter.

Cover with apples. Sprinkle with 1 cup sugar and the cinnamon which have been mixed. Roll like a jelly roll. Cut in slices 1-1/2 inches thick.

Sprinkle the additional 1/4 cup brown sugar over bottom of well-oiled pan. Place rolls, cut down, in pan. Bake in hot oven (425 F) about 40 minutes.

Yield: 8 rolls