Tea-cakes. No. 1.
1 lb. flour, 1 egg very well beaten, 2 ozs. butter, 2 large spoonsfuls of yeast, ½ pt. milk. Rub the butter in the flour, mix the milk warm, add the yeast and the egg, and beat the whole 10 minutes.
Butter the tins and quarter fill them for tea-cakes; for luncheon half fill them; let them rise to the top before the fire, and bake 10 or 12 minutes.