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Vanilla Buns (Sift a half pound flour)

Sift a half pound flour on corner of table, make a fountain in centre, pour in it two gills cold milk, add a teaspoon compressed yeast and one saltspoon salt, and knead all well together with the hand for five minutes, or until a light dough. Place dough in large bowl, and set in cool place thirty minutes, then add two eggs, two ounces well-picked currants, half an ounce candied lemon-peels, finely chopped, and a teaspoon vanilla essence, then briskly beat up with the hand five minutes. Divide paste into six equal parts, roll out each piece into cake form and place in lightly buttered tin to rest fifteen minutes. Moisten with a beaten egg the surface of each, then set in oven twenty minutes, or till of a nice golden colour, remove and serve.