Clancarthy Buns

Ingredients

• |-lb. flour
• 2-oz. butter
• 2 dessertspoonsful castor sugar
• £-teaspoonful baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Mix with a little milk.

2. 2

   Roll out with the hand about the thickness of a finger and twist into fancy shapes and bake until crisp.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "ideal" cookery book (1902) by Lilian Clarke, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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