Excellent Rolls
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- To every lb. of flour
- 1 oz butter
- 1/4 pint milk
- 1 large teaspoonful of yeast
- a little salt
- ROLLS.]
Instructions
- Warm the butter in the milk, add to it the yeast and salt, and mix these ingredients well together.
- Put the flour into a pan, stir in the above ingredients, and let the dough rise, covered in a warm place.
- Knead it well, make it into rolls, let them rise again for a few minutes, and bake in a quick oven.
- Richer rolls may be made by adding 1 or 2 eggs and a larger proportion of butter, and their appearance improved by brushing the tops over with yolk of egg or a little milk.