Cinnamon Buns

Ingredients

• I c. scalded milk
• | tsp. cinnamon
• 1 c. sugar
• 3 c. flour
• | tb, butter
• i egg
• J tsp, salt
• J c. raisins
• i yeast cake in ^ c. lukewarm water

Method

1. 1

   Mix cinnamon and sugar and add with the butter and salt to the scalded milk.

2. 2

   When lukewarm add the yeast and the egg (well beaten).

3. 3

   Cut the raisins in halves, stir into the flour, then mix with the first mixture.

4. 4

   Let rise till double its bulk and then shape by dropping a spoonful at a time into flour and rolling quickly into shape.

5. 5

   Place in a buttered baking-pan, let rise again, and bake 25 to 30 min.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The practical cookbook (1917) by Margaret W. Howard, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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