English Bath Buns

Ingredients

  • 4 cupfuls flour
  • 1/2 cupful butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 5 tablespoonfuls granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cupful milk
  • 1 cake yeast

Directions

Put flour in bowl, make well in center, break eggs in whole, then add butter, milk, and, last, the yeast, which has been previously dissolved in a little warm water. Mix thoroughly and raise. If it is put in a moderately warm place, it will be light in an hour. Turn it out on a well-floured board, and with the tips of the fingers lightly work in 5 tablespoonfuls sugar and add the flavr oring. Drop by tablespoonfuls on a buttered baking pan, raise for ten minutes, and bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. Sultanas or chopped almonds may be added.