An Easter Magazine

Whilst I'm waiting for my visitors to arrive I thought I would share a magazine with you. I have had this magazine for quite a while not since the date mind you.  It is dated April 1939.

 I have got a few similar magazines and it seems that the original owner was a regular reader as her name and profession is written on them - Mrs Jones Teacher

 Apart from the coloured cover, it had only a single coloured page inside... 

 An advert for some fashion sewing...

 and some pinking shears...

 Some crochet...

 some undergarments..

 Every child needs a Spring clean!

 A few recipes from Mrs Stanley Wrench...

I thought I would share the one for hot cross buns.

 

Ingredients:

To 1 pound of plain flour allow a teaspoon of Cerebos salt, a level teaspoon of spice, 1 ounce of yeast, 2 ounces of New Zealand butter, 2 ounces of currants, 2 ounces of sugar, 1 egg and 1/2 pint of milk, also, if liked, 2 ounces of candied peel.

 

Method:

Sieve together flour, salt and spice. Rub in the butter. Cream together the yeast with a teaspoon of sugar, add 1/2 gill of tepid milk, and make a well in the middle of the flour. Pour in the creamed yeast and set to sponge for ten minutes. Now add the sugar and beaten egg, also the rest of the ingredients. Mix all to a light dough and beat well, then cover with a clean cloth and leave in a warm place to rise for an hour, when it should have doubled its size. Turn the dough on to a floured board, knead slightly, then divide into twelve portions. Shape into buns. Flatten them slightly and mark deeply with a cross. Stand them on a floured baking sheet for ten minutes to prove, then bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes (Regulo Mark 7; Electricity 400 deg, Fahr.) When done, brush over at once with a glaze of sugar and water.