Pocketbook Rolls

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    2 dozen

    rolls
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Glory of Southern Cooking

By James Villas

Published 2007

  • About

Don’t tell any proud Southerner that our delicate, beloved pocketbook rolls (so named because the folded dough resembles small purses or pocketbooks) bears an uncanny likeness to the famous Parker House rolls created in Boston. Do notice that, unlike less complex yeast rolls, these need to rise at least 2 hours to attain the right feathery texture when baked. The rolls freeze well, and if this is your intent they should be baked no longer than 5 minutes, cooled, frozen in an airtight contai