Buns

Ingredients

• three ounces of sugar
• three eggs
• a pint of boiling milk
• a pint of flour
• a half-gill of yeast
• three ounces of butter
• a handful of flour

Method

1. 1

   Whip together sugar and eggs until well mixed; pour in boiling milk slowly while beating.

2. 2

   Add flour and yeast when lukewarm.

3. 3

   Cover and let stand overnight.

4. 4

   In the morning, add a handful of flour and beat.

5. 5

   Work in butter and flour gradually until dough is smooth.

6. 6

   Let rise, then mold into small cakes and bake in a moderate oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking and castle-building (1880) by Emma P. Ewing, Marietta McPherson Greenough, page 81. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

buns reads in this manner : Whip together three ounces of sugar and three eggs, until well broken and mixed ; then pour upon them slowly, continuing the beating meanwhile, a pint of boil- ing milk. Add a pint of flour, and when luke- warm, a half-gill of yeast; Beat all well together, cover closely, and let stand over night. In the LITTLE THINGS. 193 morning add a handful of flour, and beat them soundly. When again light, work well with the hand, adding three ounces of butter

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