American Southern

Potato Ferment Rolls

Name: Potato Ferment Rolls
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 cups water; 4 cups milk; 1 lb yeast; 0.25 each salt; flour; 1 each lard or butter; 2 each eggs

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 32. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

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When light, work in lard or butter if sour, work in a little soda with the flour, knead well, then break in a couple of eggs, knead well, make into small rolls, and set where it will keep warm; it will rise in a few minutes; bake in a quick oven.

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