Sally Lunn

Ingredients:

• 1 cup lukewarm milk
• 1 package yeast
• 1/2 cup butter, softened, or oil
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 3 1/2 cups flour

Instructions:

Mix together the lukewarm milk and the yeast and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir, then add the butter, sugar, salt and eggs. Beat with an electric mixer while gradually adding the flour to the mix. Leave in the bowl and let rise until doubled in size. Spoon the batter into a 10-inch tube pan and let rise for 1 hour. Bake for 50 minutes at 350°.

To vary, add raisins and chopped citron to the batter, or put a layer of brown sugar and pecans in the buttered pan. You can also sprinkle the top before baking with cinnamon and sugar.