Swedish Tea Rolls
A historical recipe from The Calumet book of oven triumphs!, by General Foods Corporation (1934).
A historical recipe
The Calumet book of oven triumphs!, by General Foods Corporation (1934). Project Gutenberg eBook #65398.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Source and licence
From The Calumet book of oven triumphs!, by General Foods Corporation (1934). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #65398 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65398). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.
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Sweden. Associated with Sweden by a demonym leading its title: Swedish (confidence 0.55). "Associated with" means only that the evidence named here links this recipe to that place. A recipe isn't labelled as representing an entire country because a source associates it with one, and regional origins are kept where the source gives them.
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Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon Sift flour once
Method
- 2 cups sifted Swans Down Cake Flour 2 teaspoons Calumet Baking Powder ½ teaspoons salt ½ cup butter or other shortening ⅔ cup milk ⅓ cup sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt, and sift again.
- Cut in shortening;
- add milk all at once and stir carefully until all flour is dampened.
- Then stir vigorously until mixture forms a soft dough and follows spoon around bowl.
- Turn out immediately on slightly floured board and knead 30 seconds.
- Roll ¼ inch thick.
- Cut in 2½-inch squares.
- Fold each square in half and press cut edges into mixture of sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle thickly with more sugar and cinnamon.
- Place on ungreased baking sheet and bake in hot oven (450°F.) 15 minutes.
- Makes 18 rolls.
- Chopped nut meats may be added to sugar mixture.