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Cranberry Seeds Rusk

Cranberry and Seeds Buttermilk Rusk

Zarna Bheda
Mildly sweet rusk which pairs perfectly well with a cup of tea (or even coffee)!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 4 hours 45 minutes
Course Breakfast, Snack
Servings 15 pieces

Equipment

  • OTG
  • Baking tray

Ingredients
  

For the Self Raising Flour

  • 2 cups All Purpose Flour
  • 3 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Salt

For the Buttermilk

  • 240 ml Milk
  • 2½ tsp Vinegar (or lemon juice)

For the Rusk

  • Self Raising Flour
  • Buttermilk
  • ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • ¼ cup Brown Sugar (add more to taste)
  • 65 grams Butter soft (not melted)
  • 70 grams Muesli
  • 30 grams Sunflower Seeds
  • 30 grams Dried Cranberry (roughly chopped)

Instructions
 

  • Measure all ingredients and keep them ready.
  • Line an 8 inch square baking tray with parchment paper.
  • Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  • In a mixing bowl, add the all purpose flour, baking powder and salt to make self raising flour.
  • Take milk in another small bowl, add vinegar/ lemon juice and set it aside for 5-10 minutes. This will turn into buttermilk.
  • Add baking powder and salt to the self raising flour. Thereafter, add the butter and rub in to get a crumb like texture.
  • Add all the other dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Lastly, add the buttermilk and get the ingredients together to form a lumpy dough.
  • Spoon this mixture into the lined tray and level gently with a spatula.
    Rusk Dough
  • Bake for 45-50 minutes till toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  • Take out from oven and let the whole bar cool on a wire rack.
    Rusk Bar
  • Thereafter, slice into 15 pieces (or as desired). Use a sharp knife.
  • Place these pieces on a oven wire rack and dry @90-100 degrees for 2.5 - 3 hours. ( Leave the oven door slightly ajar.) Rusks are done when they are crisp and not spongy.
    Rusk
  • Dunk your rusk in hot cup of tea!
    Rusk with tea

Notes

  1. These rusks are very mildly sweet. If you prefer them to be more sweet, add in more sugar.
  2. I have not tried these with eggs. But if you wish to, you can try reducing milk by 60 ml and adding 1 egg.
  3. You can add seeds of your choice.
  4. The lowest temperature setting on my oven is 100 degrees. If yours goes even lower you can then dry out the rusks for a longer time.
  5. Check out my other Rusk Recipes.
Keyword All purpose flour, cranberry, muesli, pumpkin seeds, rusk, sunflower seeds