Cinnamon Rolls

Ingredients

• two cups of sifted pastry flour
• one-half teaspoonful of salt
• four level teaspoons of baking-powder
• one-quarter cup of butter
• one beaten egg
• one-half cup of milk
• about three even tablespoons of granulated sugar
• a quarter of a cup of chopped, seeded raisins
• one-quarter of a cup of chopped walnut meats

Method

1. 1

   Sift together the flour, salt, and baking powder.

2. 2

   Work in the butter with fingers.

3. 3

   Add the egg and milk, mixing to a dough.

4. 4

   Roll into an oblong sheet about one-third of an inch thick.

5. 5

   Brush with softened butter, sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, raisins, and walnuts.

6. 6

   Roll up and cut into pieces an inch long.

7. 7

   Set in a buttered baking pan and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from For the comfort of the family (1914) by Josephine Story, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cin- namon rolls, which, while they may be made in the morning, really take little time and are much more delicious when freshly baked. Cin- 106 COMFORT OF THE FAMILY namon Rolls : Sift together twice two cups of sifted pastry flour, one-half teaspoonful of salt, four level teaspoons of baking-powder. Mix, and into this work one-quarter cup of butter with the tips of the fingers. Add one beaten egg and one-half cup of milk and mix to a dough. Knead the dough slightly, and roll into oblong sheet about one-third of an inch thick. Brush the sheet with softened but- ter; sprinkle with granulated sugar, about three even tablespoons, and rather lightly with powdered cinnamon ; then with a quarter of a cup of chopped, seeded raisins and one-quarter of a cup of chopped walnut meats

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