Hot Cross Buns

Name: Hot Cross Buns
Ingredients: 1 lb. Flour; 2 oz. Sugar; 1 oz. Yeast; 3 oz. Fruit; 1 Egg; 2 oz. Lard or Margarine; Teaspoonful Salt; 1% gills of Milk to mix

From The housewives' book of recipes & hints, 1940

Presented as published in 1940. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewives' book of recipes & hints (1940) by Women's Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (Great Britain), page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HOT CROSS BUNS. 1 lb. Flour 2 oz. Sugar 1 oz. Yeast 3 3 oz. Fruit 1 Egg 4 Nutmeg 2 oz. Lard or Margarine + Teaspoonful Salt 1% gills of Milk to mix

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