Traditional Apple Rolls Recipe: Passed Down for Generations
An old family “recipe”. Apple rolls! My Mom entered it in a name brand flour contest in the ‘70’s. She got 3rd place. Her main problem was, nothing had ever been measured, just copied from generation to generation.
Ingredients:
- 3 pie crusts (I use butter instead of Crisco, my mom’s way; I’m sure my great grandmother used lard)
- Butter
- Cinnamon
- Sugar
- Apples (I usually buy by the bushel; one time I bought a 5 lb bag and it wasn’t quite enough)
For the Syrup:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons clear jell (Mom used cornstarch)
- About 1 cup of water
Instructions:
- Roll out the pie crusts.
- Soften a stick of butter and spread it over the crusts.
- Cover with cinnamon sugar.
- Add diced apples.
- Cut the rolled into individual rolls.
- For the syrup, mix together 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 3 tablespoons clear jell with about a cup of water.
- Pour the syrup over the rolls.
- Bake until golden brown.
