MILK SOUP (a Nice Dish for Children)

Ingredients

• 2 quart milk
• 1 saltspoonful salt
• 1 teaspoonful powdered cinnamon
• 3 teaspoonful pounded sugar, or more if liked
• 4 thin slices of bread
• the yolks of 6 eggs

Instructions

1. Boil the milk with the salt, cinnamon, and sugar;
2. lay the bread in a deep dish, pour over it a little of the milk, and keep it hot over a stove, without burning.
3. Beat up the yolks of the eggs, add them to the milk, and stir it over the fire till it thickens.
4. Do not let it curdle.
5. Pour it upon the bread, and serve.