1 yeast cake
6 tablespoonfuls sugar
3/4 cupful Crisco
1/2 cupful raisins
1/4 cupful chopped citron peel
1 teaspoonful lemon extract
1 cupful scalded milk
1 egg
5-1/2 cupfuls flour
1/4 cupful lukewarm water
1 teaspoonful salt
Scald milk, add half of sugar and salt; when lukewarm add yeast
dissolved in water and 1-1/2 cupfuls flour. Mix, cover, and let rise
till light; then add Crisco, remainder of sugar and flour, raisins,
peel, and extract. Knead lightly, cover, and let rise. Divide into
small pieces, let rise on greased tins, brush over with beaten egg and
bake in hot oven twenty minutes.
Sufficient for twenty-two buns.