Mix flour & sugar together. Beat egg and add yeast and essence. Add yeast and egg mixture to flour. Milk enough to moisten. Make like a scone dough. Rise and bake.
Add dessertspoon sugar, and 1 tab flour to 1 cup of potato water in a bottle. Potato water is the left over water from boiled potatoes that has been allowed to stand for several days to allow yeasts to grow.
—Great Great Grandma Bagnall