Roly Poly Pudding
PUBLISHED IN Sunday Times 19 February 1911
Ingredients
½ lb. flour
2 oz. finely chopped suet
Pinch of salt
½ teaspoonful of baking powder
Cold water
Jam
Instructions
Put half pound flour into a basin, add two ounces finely chopped suet, a pinch of salt, and half-teaspoonful baking powder, and sufficient cold water to make a nice paste. Knead until smooth, then roll out into a long, thin piece, spread jam over it; keeping it away from the edges. Roll up the paste, press ends together, and put into a well-floured pudding cloth, tie up tightly, put into it pot of boiling water and boil for one and a half hours.
Submitted by Mrs M. Matters, Albert Road, Bunbury
Mrs Matters was Mary Dohnt, daughter of William and Emilia Dohnt of Yarloop. She married Alfred Matters in 1902 and after Alfred died in 1921 (reference), she remarried Alexander Stathy in the same year.