This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
A quarter of a pound of flour, four yolks and three whites of eggs, with four spoonfuls of solid fresh yeast. Beat in a bowl, and set before the fire to rise; then rub into one pound of flour ten ounces of butter, put in half a pound of sugar, and carraway-com-fits; when the eggs and yeast are pretty light, mix by degrees all together, throw a cloth over it, and set before the fire to rise. Make the buns, and when on the tins brush over with the yolk of egg and milk; strew them with carraway-comfits; bake in a quick oven.
 
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