Plain Rusks

Ingredients

• 1 quart of flour
• a piece of butter the size of a large egg
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups warmed new milk
• 1/2 teacup of fresh yeast
• a little cinnamon

Method

1. 1

   Into the flour rub the butter; beat the eggs well, add warmed milk, flavor with cinnamon, and add yeast; mix thoroughly with the flour, but do not mold; let it rise, and add a little more flour if too thin to mold, cut into pieces the size of biscuits, knead each one separately, place in a buttered pan, let rise till quite light and bake.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 212. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 eggs; dissolve the butter in the milk, boat BUNS, RUSKS, ROLLS, ETC. 275 the eggs separate, add all to the flour; the dough should be very soft; knead well, let rise over night, and in the morning break into pieces the size of a large egg, work them into rather flat cakes, put them on a buttered pan, about ^ inch apart, let rise to double size, then cut a cross on top of each bun (not too deep) with a sharp knife, and bake in a moderate oven about 25 minutes. ENGLISH BUNS — Use | teacup butter rubbed into 1 pint flour, I cup sugar, ^ cup Zante currants washed and dr:' 3d, 1 level teaspoon salt, 2 cups new milk, ^ cup good yeast; mix a' i together, and add enough flour to mold into a soft dough, let rise till light, mold down again, keeping the dough as soft as possible, roll out, and cut with a biscuit cutter. Let them rise till very light in the bak- ing=tins, and bake until they are a nice yellowish brown on top and bottom — about 25 minutes. Brush them over to glaze with a little sugar and milk mixed, and return to the oven till the glazing dries. CINNAMON BUNS.— Rub ^ teacup butter into a coffee cup of flour; add a little salt, and a heaping teaspoon of baking powder; then add a coffee cup of sweet milk, and enough flour to roll out into a large thin sheet. Spread with soft butter, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, roll up, and cut into buns. Bake about 20 minutes. RUSKS. Time to Bake, 20 to 30 minutes. PLAIN.— Into 1 quart of flour rub a piece of butter the size of a large egg; beat 2 eggs well, add 2 cups warmed new milk, flavor with a little cinnamon, and add | teacup of fresh yeast;

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