This old-fashioned butter rolls recipe is a Southern dessert that includes tender and moist cinnamon-spiced rolls in a custard-like sauce.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time40 minutesmins
Total Time55 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: butter, dessert recipe, rolls
Servings: 4
Calories: 119kcal
Ingredients
Butter Rolls
2cupsself-rising flour
1/2cupshortening
1/2cupmilk
1stickbutter, softenedcan use margarine
1/4cupsugar
1teaspooncinnamon
Milk Sauce
2cupsmilk
2/3cupssugar
1teaspoonvanilla extract
Instructions
Cut the shortening into the flour really well with a fork. Stir in the milk.
2 cups self-rising flour, 1/2 cup shortening, 1/2 cup milk
On a floured surface, dump out the dough and press together with your hands to form a ball.
Roll out into a rectangle (about 7×10 in size). Spread softened butter over dough and then sprinkle sugar and cinnamon over the top. Roll it up like a jelly roll and press it together lightly.
1 stick butter, softened, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Cut into nine slices about one inch thick each. Place into a lightly greased 8×8 baking dish.
In a medium saucepan, combine all of the milk sauce ingredients. Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to bubble lightly. Pour over the rolls in the pan.