I’m enjoying ever last minute of these final days of summer. Canoeing, swimming in the lake, state fair . . . and summer produce . . . tomatoes, watermelon, cucumbers, peaches. A few days ago, I bought some lovely peaches, so decided to try a hundred-year-old recipe for Peach Roll.
The Peach Roll was a delightful comfort food. Chopped peaches were rolled into a biscuit dough. The dough was then sliced and placed in a flat baking dish. A sugar syrup was poured over the slices, and the dish was baked until it was lightly browned and the syrup was hot and bubbly.
Peach Roll is similar in taste to Peach Cobbler, but the presentation is different. I like to serve Peach Cobbler with a little milk, so poured a little milk over the Peach Roll slices when I served them, but it is lovely either with or without the milk.
Here is the original recipe:
When I made this recipe, I peeled and coarsely chopped four peaches, which made about 3 cups of chopped peaches. This amount worked well when I made the roll.
The recipe called for cutting the roll into 3/4 slices. This seemed very thin to me. Each of my slices were about 1 1/4 inches thick which worked well with the pan that I used.
I substituted butter for the lard.
Here is the recipe updated for modern cooks:
Peach Roll
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons lard or butter, softened
3/4 cup milk
3 cups coarsely chopped peaches (about 4 peeled peaches)
Sugar Sauce
1 cup sugar
2 cups water
Step 1. Preheat oven to 375° F.
Step 2. Put the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a mixing bowl; stir to combine.
Step 3. Cut in the lard or butter; then add the milk and stir with a fork until a dough forms.
Step 4. Put the dough on a prepared surface and roll into a rectangle about 8″ by 12″ and 1/4 inch thick.
Step 5. Put the chopped peaches on the rolled out dough, and spread to evenly distribute.
Step. 6. Gently roll the dough into a log (like a jellyroll).
Step 7. Cut the roll into slices about 1 1/4 inch thick.
Step 8. In the meantime, put the sugar and water in a saucepan. Using medium heat bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Step 9. Put the cut slices of the roll into a baking dish approximately 7″ by 12″ by 2.” Pour the sugar syrup over the slices.
Step 10. Place in the oven and bake until the syrup is bubbly and the top is lightly browned.
Thank you for the recipe. I love baking with peaches almost as much as I love eating peaches!
That looks like a really good peach recipe.