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American Velvet Breakfast Cakes

Put a pint of new milk on the fire; let it simmer a few minutes, but do not allow it to boil. Stir into it a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Add a little salt, and three spoonfuls of good yeast, with three well-beaten eggs. Mix with these sufficient flour, which will be about three pounds, to make a soft dough. Knead all well together, and put the mixture in a basin with a cloth over it, and stand in a warm place for two hours or more. Then make it up into small cakes, lay them quite near each other on a well-oiled tin, and bake in a quick oven. Time, quarter of an hour to bake. Probable cost, 1s. This will make about twenty-four cakes, and two are sufficient for each person.