Hot Cross Buns

HOT CROSS BUNS
1 cup scalded milk
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup currants
1 yeast cake dissolved in 1 cup lukewarm water
1 egg

Add butter, sugar and salt to milk; when lukewarm add
dissolved yeast cake, cinnamon and egg well beaten. When
thoroughly mixed, add raisins; cover and let rise over night;
in the morning form in large cakes or biscuits, place in pans
one inch apart, let rise, brush over with egg and bake 20 min-
utes. When cool, make cross with frosting on each cake.