J Is For Jelly Roll

• 3 eggs
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 3/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 2/3 cup jelly or jam
• powdered sugar

Directions

Heat oven to 375 degrees F.

Line a jelly roll pan 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1 inch. With aluminum foil, then grease with shortening.

Beat eggs in large mixing bowl on high speed until thick and lemon colored gradually beat in flour, baking powder and salt until smooth. Pour into pan, spread to corners.

Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Generously sprinkle with powdered sugar on a towel a little larger than the cake.

Immediately loosen cake from pan and turn over onto the towel. Carefully remove foil.

Trim off any crisp edges of cake

While hot, carefully roll cake and towel from narrow end. Let cool on wire rack about 30 minutes.

Unroll cake and remove towel.

Beat jelly with fork just enough to soften, spread over cake.

Roll up cake and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

By imaqt1962

Adapted From The Alpha Bakery Children's Cookbook This is a cookbook for children with recipes from a-z published by General Mills/Betty Crocker in 1991.