HAM ROLLS
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon Arm & Hammer or Cow Brand Baking Soda
½ teaspoon salt
⅓ cup shortening
¾ cup sour milk or buttermilk (about)
1½ cups boiled ham, ground
¼ teaspoon dry mustard
Butter
1. Sift, then measure the flour. Sift again with the baking soda and salt.
2. Cut or rub in the shortening until it is as fine as coarse corn meal.
3. Add enough sour milk, stirring quickly, to make a soft dough.
4. Then turn onto a floured board. Knead slightly.
5. Roll into a rectangle 10 inches by 6 inches. Spread with soft butter, then with the ground ham which has been mixed with the mustard.
6. Fold the dough into three layers, folding the long sides toward each other. Flatten slightly with rolling pin by rolling lengthwise. Cut with a sharp knife into strips 1 inch wide.
7. Stand rolls about ½ inch apart on baking sheet. Bake in hot oven.
Amount: 12 rolls Temperature: 475° F. Time: 15-20 minutes