Blackberry Roll

Ingredients

• 2 quarts blackberries
• 1 pint flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons butter
• ice water
• ^4 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   First, mix flour and salt into which cut two tablespoons butter.

2. 2

   After mixing well add enough ice water to make a stiff dough.

3. 3

   Clean berries thoroughly and set them to soak with two cups of sugar.

4. 4

   Roll dough very thin (on floured board) into an oblong sheet.

5. 5

   Pour berries on one end of pastry dough, roll over and pour more berries, roll again and so on until berries are all used.

6. 6

   Place in buttered baking pan.

7. 7

   Bake in a moderate oven (350° F.) about thirty to thirty-five minutes.

8. 8

   When the roll has baked this length of time begin basting with the following mixture every five minutes for another half hour: 1 tablespoon butter — melted, 0.5 cup sugar.

9. 9

   Serve with powdered sugar or favorite sauce in dish in which it has been baked.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Southern cook book of fine old recipes (1935) by Lillie S. Lustig, page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Blackberry Roll 2 quarts blackberries 1 pint flour 2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons butter ice water J/4 teaspoon salt

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