Rice Crumpets. Maltese Cross
2 cups of milk.
4 table-spoonfuls yeast.
1 table-spoonful white sugar.
2 table-spoonfuls melted butter.
Nearly a cup of well-boiled rice.
4 cups flour, or enough to make good batter.
Salt to taste.
¼ teaspoonful of soda added just before baking.
Beat the ingredients well together; set to rise for six hours, or until very light. Put into muffin-tins (having stirred in the soda, dissolved in a little hot water), let them stand fifteen minutes, and bake quickly. Eat hot.