The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook


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The 1918 Fanny Farmer Cookbook  
Buns  
1
cup scalded  
milk  
1
/2 teaspoon salt  
/3 cup butter  
/2 cup raisins stoned  
and cut in quarters  
/3 cup sugar  
yeast cake  
1
1
1
1
dissolved in  
1
teaspoon extract  
lemon  
1
/4 cup lukewarm  
water  
Flour, cinnamon  
Add one−half sugar and salt to milk; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake and one and  
one−half cups flour; cover, and let rise until light; add butter, remaining sugar, raisins, lemon,  
and  
flour to make a dough; let rise, shape like biscuits, let rise again, and bake. If wanted glazed,  
brush over with beaten egg before baking.  
7
6
Hot Cross Buns  
1
cup scalded milk  
3
/4 teaspoon  
cinnamon  
1
2
/4 cup sugar  
cups flour  
tablespoons  
3
butter  
1
egg  
1
/2 teaspoon salt  
1
/4 cup raisins stoned  
and quartered, or  
/2 yeast cake  
1
dissolved in  
/4 cup lukewarm  
water  
1
1
/4 cup currants  
Add butter, sugar, and salt to milk; when lukewarm, add dissolved yeast cake, cinnamon,  
flour,  
of  
and egg well beaten; when thoroughly mixed, add raisins, cover, and let rise over night. In  
morning, shape in forms of large biscuits, place in pan one inch apart, let rise, brush over with  
beaten egg, and bake twenty minutes; cool, and with ornamental frosting make a cross on top  
each bun  
Chapter IV − BREAD AND BREAD MAKING  
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