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A vintage Betty Crocker advertisement for Butter Dips showing baked bread strips in a basket and hands preparing dough in a pan.

Butter Dips

Course Bread
Cuisine American
Author Gold Medal Flour

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter (for pan)
  • 2 1/4 cups sifted GOld MEdal Flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 cup milk

Directions

  • Heat oven to 450 degrees F. (hot) Melt butter in oven in oblong pan, 13x9 1/2x2-inch, remove from oven when butter is melted.
  • Sift dry ingredients into bowl. Add milk. Stir slowly with fork until dough just clings together (about 30 strokes). Turn out on well floured board.
  • Knead lightly about 10 times. Roll our 1/2 inch thick into rectangle, 12x8-inch. Cut into half lengthwise, then crosswise into 16 strips.
  • Dip each strip on both sides in melted butter. Place close together in two rows. Bake 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Serve piping hot. Makes 32 Butter Dips