Beer Soup With Milk

From "Heritage of Cooking" A Collection of Recipes from East Perry County, Missouri this recipe is by F. E. Hiller. To find out more about this cookbook read the description from the first recipe I posted from it Bier Suppe (Beer Soup)

• Ready In: 12 mins
• Yields: 2 1/2 quarts

Ingredients

• 2  pints milk
• 1  pint beer
• 1  ounce flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2  pints water
• 3  ounces currants
• 3  ounces sugar
• 1  egg yolk, beaten

Directions

1. Cook water, beer, currants and flour.
2. Cook milk separately, take both mixtures off fire and mix.
3. Add egg yolk and stir.
4. Add a little cinnamon (some prefer nutmeg).
5. Put croutons in soup bowl and pour soup over.
6. Let stand for a while.