One quart scalded milk, 1/2 cup butter and lard mixed, 1 1/4 cups sugar, 1/2 cup mashed potatoes, 1 yeast cake, 1 egg, 1/4 teaspoonful of salt. Place sugar, butter, salt and potatoes in mixing bowl, add scalding milk. Mix well. When lukewarm, add yeast cake, egg and six cups of flour. Beat well, let raise until full of bubbles. Add more flour and knead until smooth and elastic to the touch. Return to pan. Let raise again, then make into rusks or cinnamon buns. Let rise, then bake.