American Southern

Soda Rolls

Name: Soda Rolls
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 1 gallon flour; 1 tbsp soda; 1 each sour milk; 1 each lard

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 26. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

1 gallon flour
1 tbsp soda
1 each sour milk
1 each lard

Instructions

1
To one gallon flour add one full tablespoon soda, and sufficient sour milk to make a soft dough; knead well, make it into large rolls.
2
Grease your hands well with lard, pat the rolls rough, lay them into pans, and bake in a slow oven.

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