Pinwheel Biscuits

PINWHEEL BISCUITS.–To create variety, a baking-powder biscuit mixture may be made into pinwheel biscuits, a kind of hot bread that is always pleasing to children. Such biscuits, differ from cinnamon rolls only in the leavening agent used, cinnamon rolls being made with yeast and pinwheel biscuits with baking powder.

PINWHEEL BISCUITS (Sufficient to Serve Six)

2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
4 tsp. baking powder
2 Tb. fat
3/4 c. milk
2 Tb. butter
1/3 c. sugar
1 Tb. cinnamon
3/4 c. chopped raisins

To make the dough, combine the ingredients in the same way as for baking-powder biscuits. Roll it on a well-floured board until it is about 1/4 inch thick and twice as long as it is wide. Spread the surface with the 2 tablespoonfuls of butter. Mix the sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle them evenly over the buttered surface, and on top of this sprinkle the chopped raisins. Start with one of the long edges and roll the dough carefully toward the opposite long edge. Then cut the roll into slices 1 inch thick. Place these slices in a shallow pan with the cut edges down and the sides touching. Bake in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.

Recommended Reading

1. Baking Powder Biscuits
BAKING-POWDER BISCUITS.--The ability of the bread maker as a cook is very often judged by the biscuits they makes; but...
2. Coffee Cake
COFFEE CAKE.--When an especially good kind of biscuit that can be served for breakfast and eaten with coffee is desired,...
3. Beaten Biscuits
BEATEN BISCUITS.--A form of hot bread known as beaten biscuits. Such biscuits are used very extensively in the South; in...
4. Parker House Rolls
PARKER HOUSE ROLLS.--Of the various kinds of rolls, perhaps none meets with greater favor than the so-called Parker House rolls....
5. Nut Loaf
NUT LOAF.--The use of nuts in a hot bread increases the food value and imparts a very delicious flavor. It...