DeSoto Hilton Hotel Brittlebread

Ingredients

• 1 pound all-purpose flour
• 1 ounce sour cream
• 3/4 cup butter (liquefied, clear)
• 3 ounces granulated sugar
• 1 ounce kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon regular salt

Instructions

1. In large bowl, make ring with flour. Sprinkle baking powder in flour.
2. Add remaining items except Kosher salt and 1 ounce sugar in middle of ring, mix carefully and let rise about 1 hour.
3. Roll out as thin as possible, place on sheet pan, and sprinkle lightly with Kosher salt and sugar.
4. Bake at 400 degrees F until golden.
5. When removing from sheet pan, roll around your fist, then let cool.

Notes

Herbed butter is particularly good on this.

Attribution

DeSoto Hilton Hotel, Savannah, Georgia