BUNS (PLAIN)

1 lb. flour
6 oz. butter
1/4 lb. sugar
1 egg
1/4 pint milk
15 drops essence of lemon

Warm the butter without oiling it, beat it with a wooden spoon, stir the flour in gradually with the sugar, and mix the ingredients well together; make the milk lukewarm, beat up with it the egg and lemon and stir to the flour; beat the dough well for 10 minutes, divide into 24 pieces, put into patty pans, and bake in a brisk oven for from 20 to 30 minutes.