Cookery for every household

Sieve the flour and spice into a basin, rub in the butter or dripping until free from lumps, and make a well in the centre. Cream the yeast with the salt, pour on to it the warm milk, and strain into the centre of the flour. Add also the 2 eggs well beaten, and mix all lightly together. Beat well until smooth, cover the basin, and set it in a warm place until the dough is well risen, about 1£ hours. Then add the sugar and currants, mixing them well in. Form the dough into round buns, and place them on a greased and floured tin 2 or 3 inches apart. Form a cross with two strips of candied peel on the top, or, if preferred, mark them with the back of a knife in a cross, and set them in a warm place to rise, from 10 to 15 minutes. Then brush the buns over with a little milk and bake them in a quick oven. Note. — These buns are always made for Good Friday. Time to bake, 10 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, 1s. £ lb. flour. £ lb. butter. £ lb. ground almonds. 2705. Japanese Cakes £ lb. castor sugar. £ tea-sp. baking powder. 2 eggs. Coffee icing. Sieve the flour, sugar, and baking powder into a basin, add the ground almonds, and then rub in the butter until free from lumps. Beat up the eggs and use these to bind the mixture together, keeping it very stiff. Roll out rather thinly, and cut in rounds about 3 inches in diameter. Bake these slowly on a greased and floured tin until brown and crisp. When ready, lift them off and let them cool. Then place them two together with a layer of coffee icing between. Coat the top and sides with another layer of the icing, and then sprinkle them with icing sugar. Time to bake, 12 to 15 minutes. Probable cost, 1s. 2706. Lemon Cakes 1 J oz. biscuit crumbs. 1 oz. rice flour. 1 oz. flour. J lb. butter. 3 oz. castor sugar. Rind of 1 lemon. 3 eggs. 2 oz. candied lemon peel. Lemon glace icing. | lb. flour. J lb. castor sugar. 2 or 3 oz. butter. 1 1 large lemon. 1 tea-sp. baking powder. A little milk. Cream the butter, and add the sugar with the grated rind of the lemon. Then add the egg and the strained lemon juice. Mix the baking powder with the flour, and stir them lightly into the other ingredients. Use a little milk if necessary to make a stiffish dough. Turn the dough on to a floured baking board, and divide it into small equal-sized pieces. Roll each piece out quickly with the hands, andtwist into the shape of the letter "S."” Bake the jumbles on a greased tin in a moderate oven. Time to bake, 15 to 20 minutes. Probable cost, 7d. 2708. Louise Cakes 3 oz. flour. 4 oz. sugar. 3 oz. rice flour. 3 eggs. 4 oz. butter. Flavouring to taste. Cream the butter, and add the sugar and a little flavouring. Then add the eggs and the two kinds of flour by degrees. Beat the mixture well, and bake in small greased and floured tins until well risen and firm to the touch. Note. — These little cakes may be iced if wished. Time to bake, about 15 minutes. Probable cost, 10d. 2709. Lump Cakes 1 egg. J lb. flour. | lb. butter. | lb. sugar. | tea-sp. carbonate of soda. egg well beaten and mix together. Sieve the flour and soda, and add them gradually to the other mixture. Have ready a flat tin, greased and floured, and arrange the mixture on it in small lumps, keeping them a little distance apart. Bake in a quick oven from 10 to 15 minutes.