Virginia Buns

Ingredients

• Two pounds of flour
• One pint of milk 
• 3/4 pounds of butter
• Eight eggs
• One and a half grated nutmegs
• One teaspoon of cinnamon 
• one and a half wineglasses full of yeast
• One pound of white sugar

Directions

1. Shift flour into a pan. 
2. Add warm milk.
3. Add butter and stir.
4. Beat eggs lightly.
5. Add grated nutmeg.
6. Add cinnamon. 
7. Beat everything together.
8. Add the yeast and set it to rise. 
9. Stir in white sugar.
10. Set to rise in pan. 

Source —  Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Brileigh Rossitter
Louisiana Anthology
September 24, 2023