Citron Buns
6 tablespoonfuls sugar 3/4 cupful Crisco 1½ cupful raisins 1/4 cupful chopped citron peel 1 cupful scalded milk 1 teaspoonful lemon extract 51½ cupfuls flour 1 egg 1/4 cupful lukewarm water 1 teaspoonful salt Scald milk, add half of sugar and salt; when lukewarm add yeast dissolved in water and 1/2 cupfuls flour. Mix, cover, and let rise till light; then add Crisco, remainder of sugar and flour, raisins, peel, and extract. Knead lightly, cover, and let rise. Divide into small pieces, let rise on greased tins, brush over with beaten egg and bake in hot oven twenty minutes.
Sufficient for twenty-two buns. 3/4 cupful milk