South African Rusks Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
South African Rusks
Add your photo!
Count
Calories
Minutes

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix the dry ingredients.
  3. Combine all the wet ingredients, pour them into the dry ingredients, and stir until you have a soft dough, similar to biscuit dough.
  4. Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and roll or pat it to about a 1/2 inch thickness.
  5. Cut the dough into rectangles about 2 by 4 inches.
  6. Bake the rusks about 2 inches apart on buttered baking sheet for about 25 minutes until the tops are crisping and browning a little.
  7. Loosely pile the rusks on a baking sheet and keep them in a 200 degree oven all day or all night (about 12 hours) to dry.
  8. The finished rusks should be very dry and hard.
  9. Cool and store in an airtight container.
  10. Rusks will keep for weeks.
  11. Variations Oatmeal-Raisin Rusks: Reduce the white flour to 1 1/2 cups and add 2 cups rolled oats and 1/2 cup currants or chopped raisins.
  12. Almond Rusks: Add 1 cup chopped almonds and omit the cinnamon.
  13. Peanut Rusks: Add 1 cup coarsely chopped peanuts.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 792.46 Kcal (3318 kJ)
Calories from fat 250.91 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 27.88g 43%
Cholesterol 147.9mg 49%
Sodium 378.41mg 16%
Potassium 493.55mg 11%
Total Carbs 115.15g 38%
Sugars 12.11g 48%
Dietary Fiber 3.64g 15%
Protein 16.28g 33%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 9%
Iron 8.6mg 48%
Calcium 206mg 21%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 317.52 Kcal (1329 kJ)
Calories from fat 100.53 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 11.17g 43%
Cholesterol 59.26mg 49%
Sodium 151.62mg 16%
Potassium 197.75mg 11%
Total Carbs 46.14g 38%
Sugars 4.85g 48%
Dietary Fiber 1.46g 15%
Protein 6.52g 33%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 9%
Iron 3.5mg 48%
Calcium 82.5mg 21%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.4
    Points
  • 21
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Share Recipe

Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top