Yorkshire Tea Cakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. flour
• 1 1/2 gills warm milk
• 1 egg
• 1 oz. German yeast
• 1 oz. butter
• A pinch of salt

Method

1. 1

   Sieve the flour into a basin, make a well in the centre.

2. 2

   Melt the butter, add the milk, and make it lukewarm.

3. 3

   Cream the yeast with a little salt, pour the warm milk and butter onto it, and strain into the flour.

4. 4

   Add the beaten egg and mix well.

5. 5

   Grease and flour cake tins, put the mixture in, and let rise for about 30 minutes.

6. 6

   Bake in a good oven, then brush with syrup and sugar.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 897. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

| oz. German yeast. 1 tea-sp. sugar. | pt. sweet milk. A pinch of salt Sieve the flour and salt into a basin. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, add the milk, and let it become just lukewarm over the fire. Put the yeast into a small basin with the sugar, and mix them together with a spoon until of a creamy con- sistency. Add the warm milk and butter to the yeast and sugar, mix well together, then strain into the centre of the flour. Add also the egg well beaten, and mix together for a few minutes. Cover the basin with a clean cloth, and set it in a warm place for 1£ hours to allow the mixture to rise. (On a chair by the side of the fire, or on the rack will do, provided the placo is not so hot that it causes the mixture to cook on the sides of the basin.) Crumpets. — Heat a girdle, and grease it with butter ; drop on to it spoonfuls of the above mix- ture, and brown first on one side and then on the other. Serve hot, buttered. mixture, cook and brown on one side, then remove the rings, turn the muffins, and cook and brown them on the other side. These are nice split, buttered, and served hot. Time to cook — Crumpets, about 5 minutes ; muffins, 10 to 12 minutes. Probable cost, 6d. 2678. Yorkshire Tea Cakes | lb. flour. 1| gills warm milk. 1 egg. | oz. German yeast. 1 oz. butter. A pinch of salt

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