Buns. No. 1.

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (7)

Two pounds of flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
a quarter of a pound of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
one pound of currants ↝ Currants, european black, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a quarter of a pound of moist sugar ↝ Sugar, NFS [Sugars and honey]
a few caraway seeds ↝ Spices, caraway seed [Spices and Herbs]
two spoonfuls of good yest
two or three eggs ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (6)

rub the butter in the flour like grated bread
set it to the fire to dry
put in the currants, moist sugar, caraway seeds, and yest
make the dough into small buns
set them to rise half an hour
you may put two or three eggs in if you like

Original Text

Buns. No. 1.

Two pounds of flour, a quarter of a pound of butter; rub the butter in the flour like grated bread; set it to the fire to dry: put in one pound of currants and a quarter of a pound of moist sugar, with a few caraway seeds, and two spoonfuls of good yest; make the dough into small buns; set them to rise half an hour: you may put two or three eggs in if you like.

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