Pillsbury's Dinner-In-A-Roll

Submitted by Lawsome

"Looking through my great-grandmother's recipe collection, I came upon a newspaper clipping from 1942. During the war-time rationing of meat, Pillsbury put out a recipe for an all-in-one dinner, utilizing their flour, as a means of making meat go further. I've listed the ingredients and instructions as they are found in the original, putting my notes in brackets. Have fun; it's delicious!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 1 loaf
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups ground beef
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄2 cup celery or 1/2 cup carrot, chopped
• 1⁄3 cup onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon green pepper, chopped
• 1 cup sweet potato, cooked and mashed (or Irish potato)
• 2 cups flour, sifted
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon poultry seasoning (optional)
• 1⁄3 cup shortening
• 3⁄4 cup milk

directions

1. Combine meat, salt, pepper, onion, celery or carrots, 2 tbsp butter, and egg; mix well. (Save for use as directed later).
2. Add pepper, salt, 1 tablespoons butter, and green pepper [I used chopped jalapenos] to potates; mix well. (Also save for use as directed later).
3. Sift flour once, measure; add baking powder, salt and poultry seasoning; sift again.
4. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal.
5. Add milk; mix until flour is dampened.
6. Knead gently on floured board a few seconds.
7. Roll out to 15x10 in rectangle.
8. Shape potato mixture into roll, about 1 in shorter than width of dough.
9. Place on dough; roll as for jelly roll, but only enough to enclose potatoes in dough.
10. Spread meat mixture evenly over remainder of dough; continue rolling. Seal edges.
11. Place roll in well-greased 9x4 in loaf pan.
12. Brush top with milk. Gash top.
13. Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Reviews

[Heather H.]

My grandmother also made this. Not sure if she used this recipe. It is very similar. She use leftover mashed potatoes. Then she would cook a can of stewed tomatoes with a little powdered sugar to put on top after it was cooked. This is still my dad's favorite meal. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JESSICA m.]

um.. this recipe seems to be missing the time its in the oven.. I am assuming 350 oven for what 1 hour or until browned? Oh well just thought you needed to know info is missing.. <br/><br/>Sounds good,.. Will be making this eventually.. <br/><br/>thanks