(Susan says: You can call them "Granddad's Cook House Buns" if you like as
my Granddad (who died a couple of years ago) use to be a cook on a farm and
fed all the single men that use to live in the "Cook House" or "Bunk House"
as they were called and this was his recipe.)
1 lb (900 g, 4 cups) Self-rising flour
8 oz (450 g) fat (butter, margarine, or lard)
8 oz (454 g) sugar
6 oz mixed fruit (raisins, currants, or mixed dried fruits, chopped)
4 eggs
Milk if needed to mix
Essence of your choice to flavour
Cream fat and sugar, add eggs one at a time (with spoon full of flour to
stop mixture curdling) and finally add rest of flour and milk if needed and
drop spoonfuls of mixture onto baking tray and bake in moderate (350F,
180C) oven for 15 minutes or until just brown.