Yorkshire Tea-Cakes

Ingredients

• one cup of flour
• one teaspoonful of salt
• one pint of warm milk
• one teacup of butter melted in it
• half a cake of yeast
• a beaten egg
• enough flour to knead into a smooth dough

Method

1. 1

   Combine flour, salt, warm milk, melted butter, and dissolved yeast.

2. 2

   Let rise until light.

3. 3

   Add a beaten egg and enough flour to form a smooth dough.

4. 4

   Shape into flat cakes, let rise for an hour, and bake in a moderate oven.

5. 5

   Split, toast, butter, and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from In foreign kitchens (1893) by Helen Stuart Campbell, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one teaspoonful of salt, one pint of warm milk, one teacup of butter melted in it, and half a cake of yeast dissolved in a little warm water. Let this rise very light, add a beaten egg, and enough flour to knead into a smooth dough

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