Citron Buns

Ingredients

• 1 yeast cake
• 1 teaspoonful lemon extract
• 6 tablespoonfuls sugar
• 1 cupful scalded milk
• 34 cupful Crisco
• 1 egg
• ¥% cupful raisins
• 5% cupfuls flour
• 1% cupful chopped citron peel
• Y% cupful lukewarm water
• 1 teaspoonful salt

Method

1. 1

   Scald milk, add half of sugar and salt; when lukewarm add yeast dissolved in water and 1% cupfuls flour.

2. 2

   Mix, cover, and let rise till light; then add Crisco, remainder of sugar and flour, raisins, peel, and extract.

3. 3

   Knead lightly, cover, and let rise.

4. 4

   Divide into small pieces, let rise on greased tins, brush over with beaten egg and bake in hot oven twenty minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 52. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Citron Buns 1 yeast cake 1 teaspoonful lemon extract 6 tablespoonfuls sugar 1 cupful scalded milk 34 cupful Crisco 1 egg ¥% cupful raisins 5% cupfuls flour 1% cupful chopped citron peel Y% cupful lukewarm water 1 teaspoonful salt

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