Crusty Irish Soda Muffins - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. salt
3 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. soda
1/4 c. sugar
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
4 Tbsp. butter or oleo
1 c. raisins
1 egg
1 3/4 c. buttermilk

Preparation

Dry half a pound of good brown sugar, pound it, mix it with two pounds of flour and sift it.
Add 2 spoonfuls of yeast and as much new milk as will make it like bread.
When well risen, knead in half a pound of butter, make it in cakes the size of half a dollar and fry them to a light brown in hot oil.