Plaited Harvest Bread

• 1lb plain flour
• ½ teaspoon Salt
• ¼ pint

Put the flour and salt in a warm bowl. Warm the milk to blood heat, stir in the butter and continue stirring until it melts. Cool, then mix in the egg. Mix the yeast with a little of the sugar, and mix well. Add the remaining sugar to the flour and salt. When the yeast mixture froths, add it to the milk, mix in and stir both into the flour. Leave in a warm place to rise. When double the origina