Yorkshire Cakes

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. mix them all well together
  2. let it stand one hour by the fire to rise
  3. roll the dough into cakes pretty thin
  4. Set them a quarter of an hour longer to the fire to rise
  5. bake them on tins in a moderate oven
  6. toast and butter them as you do muffins
Original Text
Yorkshire Cakes. Take two pounds of flour, three ounces of butter, the yolks of two eggs, three spoonfuls of yest that is not bitter; melt the butter in half a pint of milk; then mix them all well together; let it stand one hour by the fire to rise; then roll the dough into cakes pretty thin. Set them a quarter of an hour longer to the fire to rise; bake them on tins in a moderate oven; toast and butter them as you do muffins.
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