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Mrs Beeton's Plain Buns
Recipe Name
Mrs Beeton's Plain Buns
Difficulty Level
Medium
Traditional food from
United Kingdom
Ingredients
2lb of Flour
½ pint Milk
8 oz. Butter
6 oz. Soft Brown Sugar
3 fl oz. fresh yeast (or dried equivalent)
Warm Milk
Preparation
Pre heat the oven to 210 °C
Put the flour into a basin, mix with the sugar.
Make a hole in the centre and stir in the yeast and milk (which should be lukewarm), with enough of the flour to make it the thickness of cream.
Cover the basin over with a cloth and let the sponge rise in a warm place, which will take about 1½ hours.
Melt the butter, but do not allow it to boil.
Stir into the other ingredients, with enough warm milk to make into a soft dough.
Mould into buns about the size of an egg.
Place them in rows quite 7.5cm (3 inches) apart.
Put in a warm place, until they have risen to double their size.
Bake in a good brisk oven and just before they are done, brush with a little milk.
From 15 to 20 minutes will be required to bake them nicely.
These buns may be varied by adding a few currants, candied peel, or caraway seeds to the other ingredients.
