Virginia Rolls

Ingredients

• One tablespoon of yeast
• One egg
• One tablespoon of butter
• One pound or pint of flour
• A little salt
• Enough milk to form into a stiff batter

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients into a seperate bowl until a stiff batter is made.
2. Set it to rise in a warmed pan until it is light.
3. Sift a cup of flour into the bread-tray.
4. Pour the light batter into the bread tray.
5. Work it well and keep the dough very soft.
6. Set the dough to rise.
7. When light, make into rolls.
8. Lay them on a warmed and buttered pan.
9. Set them by the fire to rise again.
10. Baste the top over with butter.
11. Bake in a quick oven [375-400°F] as soon as they are light.
12. Do not keep them too long rising or they might become sharp or sour.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by R. Brad McKelvin
Louisiana Anthology
March 23, 2022