Scrumptious fruit and bran rusks

February 20, 2009 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)
Scrumptious fruit and bran rusks recipe

Scrumptious fruit and bran rusks

Serves: Makes about 24
Cooking Time: 1 hr + overnight for drying

Ingredients

  • 500g cake flour
  • 5ml (1 tsp) baking powder
  • a pinch of salt
  • 100g muesli
  • 100g bran flakes
  • 100g mixed raisins and currants
  • 50g sultanas
  • 50ml sesame seeds
  • 50g desiccated coconut
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 250ml (1 cup) plain yoghurt
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 250g margarine, melted
  • 25ml vanilla extract

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C and lightly grease a baking tray.

2

Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl and mix well.

3

Mix the yoghurt, egg and margarine, then stir in the vanilla extract.

4

Add the yoghurt mixture to the dry ingredients and mix to incorporate.

5

Pour the mixture into the baking tray and bake until golden, about 50 minutes.

6

Remove and cut into rusks. Separate slightly so that any moist parts are exposed. Decrease the oven temperature to 100°C.

7

Place the tray back in the oven and leave overnight until the rusks have dried completely. Store in an airtight container.

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