Sweet French Buns

1 cake yeast
1 cup milk, scaled and cooled
1/4 cup lukewarm water
1 tablespoonful sugar
4 cups sifted flour
1/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoonfuls butter
1 egg
1/2 teaspoonful lemon extract
1 teaspoonful salt

Buns made after this recipe are just as pleasing to the eye as they are delicious and appetizing.

Dissolve yeast and one tablespoonful sugar in the lukewarm liquid.  Add enough flour to make an ordinary sponge — about one and one-half cups.  Beat until perfectly smooth.  Cover and set aside in warm place to rise for fifty minutes, or until light.

Add sugar and butter creamed, egg beaten, lemon extract and about two and one-half cups of flour, or enough to make a moderately soft dough, and the salt with the last of the flour.

Knead until smooth and elastic, or "throw and roll" as shown here.  Place in greased bowl, cover and set aside in a warm place to rise until double in bulk — about one hour.  Turn out in board and shape as cloverleaf rolls, or any fancy twist.  Let rise until light about one hour.  Bake in hot oven fifteen minutes.

Serve them with hot chocolate and assure yourself a real treat.