Bread

Bread, Rolls, Biscuits and Buns

Grandma's Biscuits

2 cups Self-rising Flour

1/4 cup Crisco

3/4 cup Buttermilk

1. Preheat oven to 500 degrees (depending on your oven & the area you live in).

2. Measure and sift 2 cups of self-rising flour into a mixing bowl.

3. Add 1/4 cup Crisco to the bowl.

4. Cut Crisco into flour with fork & then crumble with fingers until the particles of shortening are the size of grains of rice.

5. Add Buttermilk & stir until the mixture is thoroughly moistened. If the mixture seems too dry, add more buttermilk.

6. Form the dough in hands & turn out onto a floured surface.

7. Form the dough into a ball & knead until it is smooth, turning it while kneading. Kneading is very important.

8 Using a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out to a 1/2 inch thickness.

9. Cut the biscuits using a floured cutter.

10. Arrange the biscuits on a baking pan so that each biscuit is slightly touching the one next to it.

11. Place the pan in the preheated oven & bake at 500 degrees for 10 to 14 minutes or until done.

BUTTER A HOT BISCUIT & ENJOY!-Tamara

2 Hour Nut Roll

Nut Rolls are a holiday favorite in Pittsburgh. You can usually find them in the local bakeries around Easter and Christmas time. Or if you are really lucky, someone will give you a homemade one...You can also fill them with prepared apricot or poppyseed filling.

INGREDIENTS

Dough

1 package active dry yeast

1/2 cup warm milk

1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon salt

1 cup sour cream

3 eggs + 1 for egg wash

6 cups flour

Filling

2 cups ground walnuts

1 cup sugar

Dissolve yeast in warm milk. Cream butter, salt and sugar. Add sour cream, eggs and yeast mixture. Gradually add flour , mixing well until all flour is used and dough leaves sides of bowl. Divide into 5 parts and let rise for 1 hour. Roll each dough ball into an 11.5" X 13" rectangle. Spread with nut filling* (recipe follows) and roll up jelly-roll style. Place on generously greased baking sheet and let rise again for 35-40 minutes. Brush each roll with egg wash and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes until browned. Makes 5 nut rolls.

Filling

Amount of filling is up to individual.

To prepare:

Combine 2 Cups ground walnuts to 1 cup sugar-thin to spreading consistancy with warm milk or water.

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