Bath buns, 18th century

The earliest recipe for Bath buns dates from Elizabeth Cleland’s A New and Easy Method of Cookery from 1755. The book was published in Scotland, over 400 miles from Bath, which means the bun must have been well established by then. This recipe, as well as that from Bath resident Martha Bradley from 1756 and Elizabeth Raffald from 1769, calls for one part butter to two parts flour. This is the 18th- an