Fruit - And - Nut Rolls Recipe ingredients

• 2 cups of sifted pastry flour
• 1 tablespoonful of softened butter
• ½ teaspoonful of salt
• 4 level teaspoonfuls of baking powder
• ¼ cup of cleaned currants or Sultana raisins
• ¼ cup of shortening
• ¼ cup of filberts, cut in 3 or 4 pieces
• About½ cup of milk
• 1 egg, if desired
• 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar, if desired

To prepare this Fruit - And - Nut Rolls Recipe, first sift the dry ingredients together, three times, and work in the shortening with a knife or the tips of the fingers. Beat the egg - this may be omitted, it simply makes the rolls more nutritious - add part of the milk and mix to a dough. Knead the dough (on the board) slightly, then roll into a rectangular sheet about one-third an inch thick. Brush the sheet of dough with the softened butter, then sprinkle with the nuts and fruit (also the sugar if it is used). Roll the dough over and over compactly, then cut the roll in pieces an inch long. Set these on end close together in a buttered baking pan. Bake about twenty-five minutes.