Roly-Poly a Shortcake by Naughtysquirrel

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Roly-Poly a Shortcake
Submitted by Naughtysquirrel on August 11, 2012 at 7:16 pm

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fruit shortcake

SUMMARY
Yield 0 Source Marion Cunningham via frick - KAF Community File under dessert, Fruit, shortcake

INGREDIENTS
Hooray again for Marion Cunningham. I've been looking for this for a week and never found anything except an old photocopy of the original newspaper clipping -- from 1974. It's an oldie but goodie and perfect for any summer fruit -- except watermelon, I guess. 🙂

Roly-Poly

By Marion Cunningham, courtesy LA Times, August 11, 1994

James Beard used to teach this in all his classes. He preferred his rolled up lengthwise, resulting in a high biscuit to fruit ratio. An English Roly-Poly is filled with dried fruit, jam or molasses and served with crème anglaise. Strangely enough, there is NO OVEN temp or pan size specified. I bake it at 350F and it fills a 9 X 13” pan. It’s drop dead easy, colorful, delicious and not your usual summer dessert.

6 cups blackberries (I use peaches with some blueberries)
1 cup sugar
¼ tsp salt
Shortcake Dough
2 tbsp. butter, melted
1 cup heavy cream

Put berries in bowl and sprinkle sugar and salt over. Toss gently until all are well distributed.
Roll Shortcake Dough into rectangle about ½ inch thick. (should be approximately 14” long and 7” wide). Spread melted butter over Shortcake Dough, then cover with some of berries and roll up loosely. Place roll in center of baking dish and spoon remaining berries all around. Bake about 40 minutes, or until wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean. Remove. Serve warm with heavy cream (or whipped cream or ice cream). 6 or more servings.

Shortcake Dough

2 cups flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 ½ tbsp sugar
5 tbsp. butter
2/3 cup milk

Mix dry ingredients toether in bowl. Cut in butter, then stir in milk, using just enough to hold dough together. Turn out onto floured board and knead 1 minute. Pat into ½ inch thickness and continue with recipe.

You may substitute any other fruit or berries. I generally use fresh peaches with a few blueberries (from the freezer) spotted in. Very colorful that way.

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