Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

• Three cups of sweet milk
• one cup of yeast
• flour enough to make a stiff batter
• In the morning add one cup of sugar
• one-half cup melted butter
• one-half nutmeg
• saltspoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Set this as a sponge over night.

2. 2

   In the morning, knead well and set to rise five hours.

3. 3

   Roll half an inch thick; cut into round cakes and put in the pan.

4. 4

   When they have stood half an hour make a cross on each one and put into the oven instantly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 338. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOT CROSS BUNS. Three cups of sweet milk, one cup of yeast ; flour enough to make a stiff batter; set this as a sponge over night. In the morning add one cup of sugar, one-half cup melted butter, one-half nutmeg; saltspoonful of salt

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