A sponge dough is necessary for successful results.


RUSSIAN RUSK

Prepare the dough as for brioche, adding one cupful of finely shredded
almonds when ready to mould for the pan. Use a long narrow pan to bake
loaf in. When baked, cool and then cut in one-inch slices and toast
light brown in the oven.


SPANISH BUN

Scald one cupful of milk and then cool to 80 degrees Fahrenheit and
pour in a bowl and add

Three tablespoonfuls sugar,
One-half teaspoonful salt,
One yeast cake dissolved in four tablespoonfuls cool water,
Three cupfuls of flour.

Beat for five minutes with a spoon and let rise for two hours. Now
cream

One and one-quarter cupfuls sugar,
One-half cupful of shortening

until very light and creamy and then drop in, one by one, three eggs,
beating the eggs for three minutes. Add this to the yeast-raised