Southern Butter Roll Recipe

Enjoy an old fashioned Southern Butter Roll recipe from the Old South. Sweet butter roll is a delicious comfort food beloved by generations of Southerners.

It's thought to have originated as a way to use up scraps of sweet biscuit dough. Treat yourself to a family favorite tonight.

Momma's Southern Butter Roll Recipe

Recipe by Audrey E. Henderson Submitted by Suzi Cooper

Momma's Sweet Butter Roll

My Momma often made an old fashioned Southern Butter Roll recipe. She would make a pan of biscuits, then mix up a mixture of a can of milk with water, sugar, and vanilla to pour over the biscuits.

She would then cut a stick of butter over the entire pan making sure there was enough to cover the biscuits, and put it back in the oven to get hot. The biscuits would absorb the liquid, so she would add more milk if needed. It's so Good!

1. How to Make the Biscuits:

Everyone makes biscuits differently. We make biscuits using self-rising flour, evaporated milk, bacon grease, or whatever oil you have at hand.

For a big pan of biscuits, I'd use 5 cups flour, add 1/2 cup oil, then add milk to the consistency where you can spoon the dough onto a floured surface and form biscuits.

First, bake the biscuits until they are brown on bottom and top.

After you bake them, while they are still hot, get a pan or oven dish deep enough to cover the biscuits entirely with the milk mixture. Place the biscuits in the pan making sure you have greased the pan good.

2. How to Make the Milk Mixture:

The milk mixture is 1 can (12 ounce/370 ml) Evaporated Milk (DO NOT use sweetened condensed milk, there's a difference), then once you've added the milk, fill that can with water and add it, then add vanilla to taste, and sugar to your sweetness. I make it a little sweet, because the biscuits will take some of the sweetness.

Remember to TASTE the milk mixture to make sure it's very sweet and has plenty of vanilla flavor in it.

I usually double or triple the milk mixture as most often you will need it. The biscuits will take a lot of milk. (If you have any of the milk mixture left over, it can be used later.)

3. How to Prepare the Butter Roll Dessert:

Make sure to cover the biscuits entirely with the milk mixture, let it soak in, then add more mixture to cover. Then cut a stick of butter over them.

Place the pan in the hot oven (about 375°F) until the milk gets really hot and the butter is all melted — and enjoy.

Oh, I can see and smell it already!

Note: If you have any milk mixture left over, don't worry, put it in the freezer until lightly frozen, then into the blender for a milkshake, or add what you want for a tasty treat with fruit.

Ollie Mae's Southern Butter Roll Recipe

Submitted by a Visitor

Biscuit dough:

4 handfuls self-rising flour (White Lily)
2 handfuls sugar added to flour
1 fistful of lard rubbed into flour
Enough buttermilk to make a dough stiff enough to roll out

Roll out dough about 1/4 inch thick in a big rectangle, spread with soft butter, and sprinkle with nutmeg and sugar. Roll like a jelly roll and pinch edges to seal, then place in a greased pan.

Custard:

1 quart sweet milk
1 cup sugar
1 stick butter
As much nutmeg as you like

Combine everything in a saucepan and slowly bring to a boil to melt the butter and dissolve the sugar. Sprinkle a little nutmeg over all and bake at 350°F for about 45 minutes, or until nicely brown.

Enjoy!

Old Fashioned Southern Butter Roll Recipe

Submitted by Cory

Butter Roll Sauce:

Melt in a warm pan over warm heat...

2-1/2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups sugar
Some cinnamon and nutmeg, however much you like
1/2 stick of butter

Butter Rolls:

1 to 2 packages of pie crust from the supermarket refrigerator section (the ones that are in the form of a roll, not the flat ones in the pie plate shape)

Baking paper
1 stick butter
Some cinnamon and nutmeg, however much you like
1 cup of sugar

Instructions:

Roll pie crust dough 1/4 inch thick in a rectangle. Take the pie crust and place it on the nonstick baking paper flat and spread a stick of butter for each crust you use, then sprinkle sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon over the butter.

Then roll the pie crust slowly until it is completely rolled, then pinch the ends.

Remove the roll from the baking paper and place it in a glass baking dish. Preheat the oven to 375°F and bake the roll for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden brown and risen.

Pour the sauce mixture over the roll and bake for another 15 to 20 minutes. If sauce is completely absorbed, add a bit more milk (1/2 cup) and let sit in oven with the oven off for 5 more minutes.

Mom's Old Fashioned Butter Roll Recipe

Submitted by Sherial

Dough Strips:

1 Cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Pinch of salt
Pinch of sugar
1/4 Cup milk

Mixture Ingredients:

Butter (about 1/2 tablespoon)
Sugar (about 3 tablespoons)
Nutmeg (about 1/2 teaspoon)
1 can evaporated milk

Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.

Sift all dry ingredients together in a bowl. Make a hole in the bottom of the bowl ingredients so that the flour is around the sides. Add the vegetable oil and milk. Gradually go around the bowl adding the flour a little at a time until the dough comes together and is no longer wet.

Take the ball of dough and separate it into 3 parts. Roll each dough ball out and add a slice of butter, sugar, and nutmeg to each rolled out strip of dough.

Close the strips of dough and pinch the sides. Place them in a glass cooking bowl and pour a can of evaporated milk over the mixture.

Bake uncovered for about an hour or until the top of the strips of dough are browned.

Enjoy my Mom's old fashioned Southern Butter Roll Recipe!