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English Buns

One-quarter pound flour, two ounces butter, two ounces sugar, two egg yolks, the white of one egg, one ounce candied lemon peel, half gill hot milk, half saltspoon powdered nutmeg and two saltspoons carbonate of soda. Place the flour and butter in a bowl, work it well with a wooden spoon, add the sugar, nutmeg, lemon peel and one saltspoon salt. Pour in the hot milk and mix it lightly for two minutes. Beat the yolks and the whites of the eggs together, then add them to the preparation. Mix lightly, and when well thickened add the carbonate of soda, gently mixing for two minutes. Pour the preparation into a lightly buttered tin. Place in a slow oven for twenty-five minutes. Remove, let cool off, then cut into six even pieces and serve on a dish with a napkin.