Buns
1/2 pint water,
1/2 pint milk,
1 oz. yeast,
1 oz. sugar,
6 oz. Allinson’s wholemeal,
1 egg (not necessary).
Warm water and milk to 105 degrees, dissolve sugar and yeast
in it and stir in the meal, leave well covered up in a warm
place for 45 minutes. Then have ready 1 ¾ lbs. Allinson’s
wholemeal, ¼ lb. vege-butter, 5 oz. sugar, ½ lb. currants,
pinch of salt. Melt down vege-butter to oil, make bay of meal,
sprinkle currants round, stir the sugar and salt with the
ferment till dissolved, then mix in the melted butter and make
up into a dough with the meal and currants. Keep in warm place
for 45 minutes, then knock gas out of dough and leave ½ hour
more; shape buns, place on warm greased tin, prove 15 minutes
and bake in moderately warm oven for 20 minutes.
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