Buns, Hot Cross
INGREDIENTS for 2 dozen buns.-2 lbs. of flour, 1/21 lb. of sugar, 1 wineglassful of yeast, 1 pint of milk, lb. of butter, 1 lb. of currants, teaspoonful of salt, 1 teaspoonful of mixed spice. AVERAGE COST, 1s. 10d.
Mix the flour and sugar, spice and currants; make a hole in the middle of the flour, and put in a glassful of thick yeast and the milk, warmed; make a batter of the surrounding milk and flour, and set the pan covered before the fire, till the leaven begins to ferment. Put to the mass the butter melted, and enough milk to make a soft paste of all the flour. Form the buns, and lay them a little distance apart on buttered tins to rise for 1/21 an hour.
Cross them with a knife and bake in a quick oven.
TIME.-20 minutes to bake.
SEASONABLE on Good Friday.