This recipe is a traditional home-cooking triumph, and is really super-easy to make. It came to me via my partner’s Mum – and I must point out that in my book of collected recipes there are no less than THREE copies of this that he has written out over the years, which just goes to show that he is still besotted by it after all this time.

 

I know they are very ordinary ingredients, but they give a special result. Try it for yourself and see!

Ma’s Baked Apple Roll

Filling
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled cored, & sliced
1/4 cup sultanas – optional

Cook sliced apples (and optional sultanas) in about 1 tablespoon of water until soft, but still holding their shape.

Dough
1 cup SR flour
2tblspns butter
about 1tblspn milk

Rub butter through flour to resemble fine breadcrumbs, and then add just enough milk to combine into a dough. Roll it out thinly.

Topping
2 tblspoons butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup boiling water

Mix all ingredients together until butter is melted & sugar is dissolved.

Assemble
Spread the cooked apples over one half of the rolled out dough, sprinkle with two teaspoons sugar, then fold over (apple turnover style), pressing edges together, and place in greased baking dish. Pour over topping, and bake in a moderate oven for 1 hour.

Fabulous with cream or icecream.