French Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 Quart Flour
• 2  Ounces Butter
• Salt
• 1 Well Beaten Egg
• 1/3 Ounce Compressed Yeast Cake
• Warm Milk
• Sweet Milk

Directions

1. Dissolve compressed yeast cake in warm milk.
2. Mix flour, butter, a little salt, and yeast cake and milk mixture to form a batter.
3. Mix in as much sweet milk as required to make a stiff batter.
4. Beat batter well and set to rise.
5. Roll batter out thin and cut into gems.
6. Brush edges with butter and fold them over.
7. Place in pan with a little distance between rolls.
8. Let stand a while to rise again and bake.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book
Prepared by Than Nguyen
Louisiana Anthology
December 21, 2021