Yorkshire Tea Cakes. Time—2 hours.
¾ lb. flour, 1½ gill milk, 1 egg, 1 teaspoonful castor sugar, 1 oz. German yeast, 1 oz. butter, salt.
Pass the flour through a sieve, and add a pinch of salt. Melt the butter in a stew-pan, add the milk, and let it become lukewarm. Cream the yeast with the castor sugar, add the milk, butter and egg, mix well, then strain into the middle of the flour, work in all the flour from the sides, then turn on to a floured board, and knead with the hand. Cut into two pieces, place in floured tins, cover and leave in a warm place to rise 1 hour. Bake from 20 to 30 minutes in a hot oven.