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Butter Rolls for Betty
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Mrs. White's Old Timey Butter Rolls:
Make a rich biscuit dough for about 9-10 biscuits.

Roll about 1/2 inch thick.
Spread with lots of butter and cinnamon.
Cut as you would any cinnamon roll.
Place in baking pan.
Cover with about 2 cups milk to which has been added 2 tbs. sugar.
The baking powder from biscuits will make a porous dough and will thicken the sauce.
Bake at 350 until slightly brown

Old Fashioned Butter Roll
2 cups self rising flour
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup shortening
Butter (NOT MARGARINE)

Mix as for biscuits.
Pinch off biscuits size pieces.
Roll out thin, put 1/4 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon butter on each.
Roll up as for Jelly Roll.
Place in baking dish.

Sauce
4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter
pinch of salt
2 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all ingredients and heat to almost boiling.
Pour over rolls and bake until rolls are brown and sauce it thick.
Make a big casserole dish. 13 x 9 inches.

BUTTER ROLL
1 cup plain flour
1/4 cup shortening
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup milk
1 1/2 sticks butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 T cinnamon
2 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Make dough, using flour, 1/4 cup shortening, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/3 cup milk.
Roll out dough, about 1/4-inch thick.
Chip butter on rolled out dough.
Roll up like jelly roll.
Slice into slices about 1 1/2 inches apart.
Stand each slice on end in a casserole dish.
Mix 3/4 cup sugar, 1 T cinnamon, 2 cups milk and vanilla; pour over slices.
Bake at 350 degrees until lightly brown.
 

Grandmother's Old Fashioned Butter Roll
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup shortening
1/2 cup water
3/4 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups milk
2/3 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 7x11 inch baking pan.

2 In a large bowl, mix together flour and salt. Cut shortening in thoroughly with a pastry blender until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in water and press dough together with your hands. Roll out pastry into a large
rectangle. Spread the butter evenly over the pastry, then sprinkle on 1/4 cup sugar and nutmeg. Roll up the dough jelly roll style and pinch to seal.
Cut into 12 even slices. Place the rolls in the prepared pan.

3 In a small saucepan, heat milk, 2/3 cup sugar and vanilla until mixture begins to bubble. Pour milk mixture over rolls.

4 Bake in preheated oven until brown, about 30 to 40 minutes.
12 servings.

AUNT LOIS' OLD-FASHIONED BUTTER ROLL
1 can biscuits (any kind but Big Country or Hungry Jack will make larger rolls)
1 1/2 sticks butter or margarine
Sugar and nutmeg

TOPPING:
2 c. milk
3/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Roll out biscuits as thin as possible on floured board.
Spread each one with butter or margarine and sprinkle with sugar and a little nutmeg
(butter may be chipped onto biscuits).
Roll up like jelly roll.
Place rolls into a buttered casserole dish.

Topping: Mix the 3/4 cup sugar, 2 cups milk and the vanilla; pour over rolls. Bake at 350 degrees until brown.
Serve warm. The rolls may be made from any biscuit dough recipe.
Source: www.allrecipes.com, Submitted by Donna Young

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