Delicious and Wholesome Buttermilk Rusks By Rizwana

Cooking and baking is a passion that I’ve grown to love ever since I was 9 years old, when I baked my first ever rock hard cupcakes, ever since then I have improved drastically. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen with my family, food is what unites us. From learning to make samoosas with my grandmother to braising burgers with my uncles and baking bagels with my cousins, I’ve accumulated a wealth of knowledge.

I’m the type of person who prefers stress baking rather than stress eating. However I have quite the reputation for being a “teapot”, I can drink 5-6 cups of tea a day, and my mug is often compared to a swimming pool. I sometimes like to have a light bite with my tea and nothing is better than freshly-baked rusks. I’m also partial to granola and chia seeds, I throw chia seeds on almost everything which makes it even better! So here's my recipe for some warm and wholesome buttermilk rusks that will just melt in your mouth:

Ingredients

Recipe credits: Sweet 73 

➤Butter-250 gm 

➤salt- 1 tsp

➤cake flour- 4 cups

➤baking powder- 5 tsp

➤1 egg 

➤buttermilk/fresh cream/Maas- 1 cup

➤sugar- 1 cup 

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius 

2. Mixture 1: rub the butter, salt, cake flour, and baking powder to resemble crumbs

3. Mixture 2: beat the egg, buttermilk, and sugar together

4. Combine mixtures 1 and 2 to make the dough

5. Pat the dough into a greased 35cm x 25 cm oven pan

6. Bake at 170 degrees for 35 minutes till well risen 

7. Remove from the oven and cut into slices 

8. Bake slices at 100 degrees Celsius for approximately 1 hour, turning the rusks halfway through to ensure crispiness 

My modifications: 

Sprinkle granola, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, or nuts on top before baking to add extra crunch and for a healthier alternatives

About Me

My name is Rizwana, known as @whoisrizwana on Instagram or @cupcakes.and.canvases on my food page/foodstagram. 

I’m 18 years old and live in a small town in the North East of Botswana.

I am a creative at heart, and love to design, draw, and do photography. I take great pride in creating aesthetically pleasing posts for my followers as a means of expressing myself. The canvases part of my username comes from my artwork which slowly by slowly will start making appearances on my feed. My main medium is graphite pencil, however, I’ve recently taken up painting custom canvases as gifts.

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