1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

No. 132. How to hake Rusks,

No. 2. Beat up 7 eggs, mix them with i pint of wai-ra new milk, in which i pound of butter has been melted, add { pint of yeast, and 3 ounces of sugar, put them gradually into as much flour as will make a light paste nearly as thin as batter ; let it rise before the fire an hour, add more flour to make it a little stifier, w^ork it well, and divide it into small loaves or cakes about five or six inches wide, and flatten them. "When baked and cold, put them into the oven to brown a little. These cakes when first baked are very good buttered for tea ; if they are made with caraway-seeds, they eat very nice cold. How to make common Buns. Kub 4 ounces of butter into 2 pounds of flour, a little salt, 4 ounces of sugar, a dessert-spoonful of carawaj'-seeds, and a spoonful of ginger; put some warm milk or cream to 4 tablespoonfuls of yeast; mix all together into a paste, but not too stift*; cover it over and set it before the tire an hour to rise ; then make into buns, put them on a tin, set them before the fire for a quarter of an hour, cover over with flannel, then brush them with ver}' fine warm milk, and bake them of a nice brown iu a moderate oven. No. 133.