Great recipe I have been making this for years

This is a great recipe, my grandmother use to make them.

Thank you so much for this recipe. I was raised by my grandmother, and she used to make the best butter rolls. She is no longer here to give me the recipe, and this is just like she used to make! She would be proud!

My husband has told me about his Mama's butter roll since we were married ten years ago. His Mom didn't have a recipe so I never tried to make it. He loved this butter roll. The only changes I made to the recipe were I used butter and shortening verses just shortening, I added one teaspoon of baking powder to the dough and I also added cinnamon over the rolled dough. Thank you so much for this recipe.

When I was a little girl my grandmother would make butter rolls every Sunday before church. After church we would my family would look forward to after dinner for our butter roll delight. This recipe is very similar to what we had.

This was o.k. It's nothing more than pie dough (therefore, it shouldn't rise)slathered in a custard sauce. One could save time by purchasing prepared pie dough. I think it would taste much better if butter were used in place of the shortening. The amount of butter spread over the dough is too much & could easily be cut down to 1/2 a stick, especially if butter were substituted for the shortening. Also, creaming the butter, sugar, & spice together would keep the sugar/spice from falling out when transferring the rolls to the baking dish. This recipe has potential & I am wondering what other flavors besides vanilla would be good to use - orange, lemon, or perhaps banana pecan flavoring.

Had been searching and searching and found this on the site a few years ago. For those who know, this is it! My mother, (the expert), added a bit more milk, and as an occasional variation, canned peaches and a bit of brown sugar! Gives it a creamy peach cobbler type appeal. Thanks much!

I've made these rolls many times now, and I just love them. If you're looking for something like cinnamon rolls, these are not it, they have a flaky biscuit-like texture. I have another recipe very similar to this that calls for vegetable oil instead of shortening, which works very well if you don't want to take the time to cut in the shortening. These are good with or without the milk being poured on before baking. You can pour a little milk or cream on each individual serving after they've baked.

this recipe is great. My mother used to fix this when I was a little girl and this tasted just the same. thanks

This is great!

these are very unusual... you're kind of expecting cinnamon rolls...but they're not! they were good - but we cooked them an extra 8 minutes so they weren't too gluey. i am betting this is some traditional dish i was never exposed to! i will try making one more time - they were all eaten!

didn't rise but still tasted good.

I wasn't crazy about these rolls right out of the oven. They were much better after hardening in the fridge for about a day. Then they tasted more like a shortbread cookie. Otherwise, they were just greasy and mushy.

I had to do some tweaking with this recipe, but it's the closest I'd found to what my grandmother used to make. It took 3 tries to get it, but it was worth it. I reduced the water and butter to 1/4 C. Otherwise the roll is too mushy. I also cooked the roll til brown, about 45 minutes, then removed to another cake pan. I cooked the milk sauce until thickened and then poured it over the roll.. Yummy!

Growing up in MS I had the luxury of both eating this recipe and witnessing the cooking methods of many-an-ole white woman....Different people would use slightly different approaches--NEVER read from a recipe mind you--techniques taught to them as kids and passed on. For those that have problems with this one: pretend you are making a thick cobbler pie/with no fruit. Between each layer of dough-add a splash of the milk sauce. Cover the entire top with dough, and keep this "top" moist while cooking by spreading milk sauce over it every few minutes. Hope this helps out!

these turned out yucky!!! They were like a doughy, sweet, milky mess. I hate that I wasted my time and ingredients on this recipe.

My mother and I have been looking for this recipe for years an we have found it. It taste just like my Grandmothers-(She never gave us the recipe). Thank You

I have also been looking for this receipe for years. My great-grandmother use to make Butter Roll. When she past away no one had the reciepe. I've asked several people and no one seem to have heard of Butter Roll. Thank You so much. I cant wait to make this.