How To Make Crescent Buns

Crescent Buns.

Mix together 1/4 cup lively yeast, 1 cup sweet milk, scalded and cooled to lukewarm, 1/2 teasp salt, and 2 cups warm flour. Cover and set in warm place to rise, and when very light work in 1/2 cup sugar and 2 tablesp butter; then knead well about 10 minutes, using no more flour than necessary. Shape into crescent forms, place on buttered tins, and set in a warm place to rise. When very light bake in a moderately hot oven. The tops of the buns may be brushed over with the slightly beaten white of an egg, sweetened, about 15 or 20 minutes before removing from the oven, or sprinkled with moist sugar just after removing from the oven.