Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

• four cupfuls of flour
• one generous cupful of warm milk
• half a cupful of sugar
• one-fourth of a cupful of butter or lard
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• half a grated nutmeg
• half a yeast cake
• two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Dissolve the butter in the milk.

2. 2

   Beat the eggs separately.

3. 3

   Add all ingredients to the flour and knead well.

4. 4

   Let rise overnight.

5. 5

   In the morning, break into pieces the size of a large egg, work into flat cakes, and place in buttered pans.

6. 6

   Cover and let rise to double size, about two hours.

7. 7

   Cut a cross in the center of each bun and bake in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 12 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 420. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Hot Cross Buns. Use four cupfuls of flour, one generous cupful of warm milk, half a cupful of sugar, one-fourth of a cupful of butter or lard, half a teaspoonful of salt, half a grated nutmeg, half a yeast cake or half a cupful of liquid yeast, and two eggs

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