Betty r's fruit roll

Today I'm featuring a recipe from a non blogger friend Betty r. She has been a faithful reader of my blog for some time now and treats me to her sweet and friendly comments regularly. It is so fascinating to learn where you are all from and what you are all about.

After a wee bit of coaxing, she sent me her picture and a recipe. Somehow, when someone sends me a picture of themselves, it fits with their comments and Betty's picture and her comments fit perfectly together too. Thank you Betty for allowing us to enjoy this recipe. This was her mothers recipe and those are always the best.

Betty lives in Steinbach Manitoba with her husband of nearly 40 years. How fantastic is that? They have three children and four grandchildren.

As she says . . ."some of the things I love to do . . .cook, bake, garden, read, crochet and travel and . .. . .someday maybe start a blog. I work part time at our business, keeping the lunchroom clean and baking 'tons' of goodies for the staff. I created this job for myself just so I could bake to my heart's content!!!"

Wow, everyone in Steinbach is going to be lining up with job resumes. If you're driving through Steinbach today and you notice a line up at a lunch room, stop . . ..Betty is probably in there serving up goodies . . ..

Yesterday I baked up this fruit roll. Betty makes hers with rhubarb but my rhubarb is pretty much finished for the season and I had apricots, so keep that in mind when you make your own.

Mix together 3 cups of cut of fruit . .she used rhubarb . . .I used apricots with 1 1/2 cups of sugar . . .(I only used 1 cup for the apricots and it was plenty for less tart fruit) and 1/4 cup flour . .again I used a bit less for the apricots.

Let this stand while you make the dough and roll it out.

For the dough you will need . . .

1 1/2 cups of flour

3/4 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

Cut in 1/8 cup shortening

Add 1 cup of whipping cream and mix this with a fork until blended.

Form it into 2 balls and then roll it out into two rectangles. You will need a bit more flour to roll it out and I use a bench scraper to get underneath so that I don't tear the dough.

Make sure the dough doesn't stick to the counter because once the fruit is on you can't mend it very easily.

Put half of the fruit on each rectangle of dough and then pull the sides up and pinch them together. If you are a real good baker, these will not separate in the baking process . . .mine did.

Also squeeze the ends together and roll them up a bit.

Transfer the rolls onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.

Bake these at 350 degrees for approximately 30 minutes and then she browns hers under the broiler to make a nice brown crust.

I did mine in the convection oven and it browned perfectly.

When they are still slightly warm, drizzle a little icing on top. I just used icing sugar and a bit of warm water to make a glaze.

We had friends pop by last night and the rolls were devoured . This recipe is so easy and the dough is very pliable and doesn't crack like some pastry can do. Try it with whatever fruit you have right now, add a scoop of ice cream, and serve to someone you love.

Okay, I'm off to help with a bit of farm work today, I hope you have a wonderful day.