Snack · 75 min · british

Jam Roly-Poly

A British snack built around all-purpose flour and baking powder — on the table in 75 minutes.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 cups All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 0.75 cup Shredded suet (or cold butter)
• 0.66 cup Milk
• 0.75 cup Raspberry jam
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 2 cups Custard

Steps

1. Mix the flour, suet, and a pinch of salt with the milk into a soft dough. Suet gives the classic rich, slightly crisp crust — butter works but the texture differs.
2. Roll into a rectangle on a floured surface and spread thickly with jam, leaving a 1-inch border.
3. Roll up from the long edge like a Swiss roll, sealing the seam. Wrap loosely in buttered parchment and foil, twisting the ends.
4. Steam over simmering water for 60 minutes. The pudding swells as it steams — the loose wrapping gives it room.
5. Unwrap, slice thick, and serve with custard. The school-dinner pudding that grown adults still dream about.

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