Laura Raposa’s Portuguese Grandmother’s Italian Fruit Roll - edible Southeastern Massachusetts

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 5 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons baking powder
• ½ cup milk
• 30 ounces dried fruit (pitted prunes, raisins, apricots, figs, currants), chopped
• ½ cup granulated sugar, or to taste
• 1 cup dried cherries or cranberries, chopped
• ½ cup walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional)
• Juice of one lemon
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons milk