Blackberry Roly Poly

Name: Blackberry Roly Poly
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Great Britain
Ingredients: 10 ounces (2 cups), blackberries; 2/3 cup (4⅔ ounces), sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, grated lemon zest; 3 cups (15 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon, baking powder; 1 teaspoon, salt; 16 tablespoons (2 sticks), unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces and chilled; 1 cup, milk, whole or low-fat

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2009

Desserts or Baked Goods

Great Britain

Fruit

Fruit Desserts

The English still make this sweet pastry. We wondered how something so good got lost in the States.

SERVES8

TIME1¾ hours, plus 20 minutes freezing

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

The centuries-old Blackberry Roly Poly has undergone many tasty transformations, and we wanted a buttery, flaky, fruit-filled roll that was as rich as its predecessors. In a test of cooking methods, baking the roly poly easily outshined the...

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