Fig Roly-Poly

Ingredients

• Pick over and wash 1 lb. of figs
• 1 cupful of water
• 1 pt. of Dousman's Best Patent flour
• 1/2 teaspoonful of salt
• 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of butter
• cold milk to mix to a soft dough

Method

1. 1

   Cook figs until they can be beaten to a pulp.

2. 2

   Cool and flavor with vanilla.

3. 3

   Sift flour, salt, and baking powder, rub in butter, mix to a soft dough, roll out, spread with fig paste, roll up tightly, steam for 30 minutes, and dry off in a hot oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fig Roly-Poly. Pick over and wash 1 lb. of iigs, cut into bits and place in a double boiler with 1 cupful of water. Cover and cook slowly until they can be beaten to a pulp with a spoon. Cool and flavor with a few drops of vanilla. Sift together 1 pt. of Dous- man's Best Patent flour, i/£. of a teasywonful of salt and 1 heaping teaspoonful of baking powder, then rub into it 2 heaping tablespoonfuls of butter

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