Do you need a bath?

I love a bath bun with a lovely cup of tea, so I thought I would treat you to the earliest recipe I could find, and having tried this recipe. It makes exceedingly good buns. The one good thing about recipes is no matter how old you can still taste the goodies…..

ENGLISH BATH BUNS

Melt four ounces of butter and then place in a mixing bowl and add

      One-half cup of sugar,

      One cup of scalding milk, cooled to 80 degrees.

Then add

      Two well-beaten eggs,

      One teaspoon of salt,

      One-half yeast cake.

Stir to thoroughly mix and then add four cups of flour and work to a smooth elastic dough. Grease the mixing bowl well [pg 19] and then put in the dough. Press down well and then turn over. Cover and set to rise for four hours, then turn on a molding board and knead for two minutes. Cut into pieces for biscuits. Roll between the hands into round balls and then cover and let set on the molding board for ten minutes. Now press flat with the hands and let rise on a well-greased baking sheet. Let rise for thirty minutes, then brush with a mixture of

      Four tablespoonfuls of syrup,

      Two tablespoonfuls of water.

Bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes.

BY

MRS. MARY A. WILSON

(MRS. WILSON'S COOKING SCHOOL, PHILADELPHIA)

FORMERLY QUEEN VICTORIA'S CUISINIERE AND INSTRUCTOR DOMESTIC SCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SUMMER SCHOOL, CHARLOTTEVILLE, VIRGINIA

INSTRUCTOR OF COOKING FOR THE U.S. NAVY