SALAD ROLLS - CLASSICS OF THE AMERICAN FAMILIES IN 1913
The Classic Grand Americana recipe of 1913. The traditional and very popular Recipe for Salad Rolls for a dinner and especially for a lunch and breakfast- the recipe was recommended to all the families of the United States of America in 1913 and dates the Mayflower times. The original recipe of the LADIES HOME COMPANION
For the Salad rolls you will need
2 cups of sweet fresh milk lukewarm
1 compressed yeast cake
1 teaspoon of salt -Kosher works the best
3 tablespoons of white granulated sugar
2 tablespoons of sweet fresh unsalted melted butter
5 cups of sifted Gold Medal all purpose Flour
(Level measures)
Pour the lukewarm milk into the mixing bowl, and dissolve yeast cake in the same milk. Then add salt, sugar, butter, and flour. Mix well till smooth, cover with the cheesecloth, put into the warm place and allow to rise to double of its volume.
Then knead the dough and allow to rise once more for thirty minutes. Then pull off the bits of dough, fold and knead them into rolls about 12 inch in thickness, and 3 1/2 inches in length pointed. Place on buttered pan one inch apart each other, and brush each roll with melted butter and let it rise for one hour again. Bake from twelve to fifteen minutes. When baked brush the rolls again with melted butter.