Hot Cross Buns

Ingredients

• 1/4 teaspoon Salt
• 3 teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder
• 1/4 lb. cleaned Currants
• 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
• 1 quart Flour
• 1/2 lb. Citron (cut)
• 1/4 cup Butter
• 1 cup part Cream and Milk
• 1/2 lb. seeded Raisins
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Allspice

Method

1. 1

   Sift salt, sugar and baking powder with flour.

2. 2

   Rub in butter, add currants, raisins, citron and spices.

3. 3

   Stir in milk and cream, adding more milk if necessary to make firm dough.

4. 4

   Mold into round buns, place two inches apart on greased pan, brush with milk, cut a cross on top and sprinkle with sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Crescent cook book (1920) by Ohio) Crescent Manufacturing Company (Fremont, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOT CROSS BUNS 14 teaspoon Salt 3. teaspoons Crescent Baking Powder 14 lb. cleaned Currants 14 teaspoon Nutmeg 1 quart Flour % |b. Citron (cut) 14 cup Butter 1 cup part Cream and Milk 1% |b. seeded Raisins 1% teaspoon Allspice

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