OLD FASHIONED SOUTHERN BUTTER ROLL

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Old Fashion Southern Butter Roll is rich, moist and decadent. Like many other Southern classics, this favorite dessert economical to make.

Old Fashion Southern Favorite Butter Roll dessert
A light biscuit-type dough is layered with butter and sugar then covered in a milk mixture and baked until golden.
The milk mixture makes a wonderful, sweet and buttery sauce.
Old Fashion Southern Favorite Butter Roll dessert

Old Fashion Southern Butter Roll

This is the type of dessert that you tell yourself ‘just one bite’ then you’ll stand over it and eat spoonful after spoonful straight from the pan.

Old Fashioned Butter Roll has been a Southern favorite for years!ย In fact, I had an old newspaper clipping from long ago that I have passed over time and again and never made it. Saturday I wanted something sweet, but easy. There the clipping was again, begging to be made. The directions were simple enough so I gave it a try.

Wow, I wish I had not passed it over so many times before. I love it!! It was economical, quick, easy, and delicious!!

mixing dough

Cut shortening into flour
mixing ingredients
Add milk and stir
dough
Roll out into a rectangle, spread on sugar and cinnamon
butter roll
Slice into rolls and add to baking dish
Pour milk mixture over rolls.
I know, weird, right?
I saw Big Daddy eyeing it like it was the weirdest thing he’d ever seen.
butter roll
He didn’t think it was so weird after he tasted it! ๐Ÿ˜‰
Old Fashion Southern Butter Roll

 

Old Fashion Southern Butter Roll

Old Fashion Southern Butter Roll

Old Fashioned Southern Butter Roll is rich, moist and decadent. Like many other Southern classics, this favorite dessert economical to make.
Author: Paula
5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 9 servings

Ingredients

Butter Roll

Milk Sauce

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350ยฐ. Cut shortening into flour with a fork. Sir in milk. On a floured surface, dump out dough and press together with hands to form a ball. Roll into a rectangle (about 8x10). Spread softened butter over dough, sprinkle 1/4 c sugar and cinnamon over top. Roll up and press together lightly. Slice and place in an 8x8-inch baking dish.
  • In a saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients and heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbles just begin to form. Pour milk sauce over rolls. Bake 30 to 40 minutes or until lightly brown. Allow to sit and cool slightly. Great with vanilla ice cream.

Nutrition

Calories: 413kcal | Carbohydrates: 44g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 120mg | Potassium: 117mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 425IU | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.

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58 Comments

  1. These look good and not too difficult. I'm going to give them a try. Thanks for sharing this recipe. Gail (BibleLoveNotes.com)

  2. another super recipe! Making a copy of this one we like our buttered rolls around here-so I'm sure these would be a HIT!!

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  4. Those look delish! I will have to make those this weekend for my kidlets.

  5. Definitely sounds weird at first, but it looks gooooooooooooood
    Seeing the recipe I know it's something I'd just love to eat ๐Ÿ™‚

    1. I remember this recipe very well. My grandma use to make this for us all the time along with, her momโ€™s tea cakes, cookies, pies, fried hand pies, all sorts of cakes, biscuits, pie dough cookies, all sorts of southern desserts and classics. Living in the south we actually always got the best of the best and I miss my grandmothers so much, happy I did get so many of my favorite recipes they made for me, thank you for bringing this recipe back into my life, I have to retrieve my grandmothers recipe and try this almost long list favorite

      1. I have the same memories of my grandmother’s cooking. Thank you for your sweet comment.

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