I have many recipes for rusks but these are the ones I always come back to. I got this recipe from a South African magazine many years ago (Your Family – May 1987). It was runner-up in a co…

When I first arrived in South Africa I was completely unprepared for the local obsession with rusks. To my mind, and to most non-South Africans, a rusk is a dry, hard baby biscuit, designed to aid …

How to make South African Buttermilk Muesli Rusks. This easy Afrikaner rusk recipe for karringmelk beskuit is made without yeast, but with a cake like batter using self-rising flour instead. The rusks are twice baked until they become a hard, dry, sweet, crumbly biscuit perfect for dunking in coffee or tea.

I love rusks, but after you have made them a few times and realise how much sugar and fat go into them, you feel more and more guilty about eating them. I have experimented with many so called ‘healthy’ recipes and in my experience if you drop the fat content too much the rusks end up super hard. But I have successfully reduced the sugar in this recipe by 80% and added lots of fibre rich ingredients making it tummy friendly. And there is no compromise in flavour! The whole family will love them. Low sugar high fiber rusks 2 cups cake flour 2 cups nutty wheat or brown flour 2 cups bran flakes 2 cups desiccated coconut 1 cup oats ½ cup of toasted seeds (breakfast mix; omega mix; ultimate mix) 15 ml bicarbonate of soda 15 ml baking powder 15 ml cream of tarter 150g brown sugar 2tsp cinnamon 10ml vanilla essence 100g honey Non nutritive sweetner (the equivalent of 20 spoons of sugar) 5ml salt 400g butter, just melted 2 large eggs, beaten 800ml buttermilk Preheat the oven to 200˚C. Sift together all the flowers and add the remaining dry ingredients. Make a well in the centre and pour in the melted butter, honey, buttermilk and eggs. Mix to form a thick dough. Spread into a greased baking tin and bake until risen and golden brown, about 45 mins to an hour. Allow to cool completely before cutting into long thin pieces. You can speed up the cooling process by putting it into the fridge or freezer. Arrange spaced out on a baking tray or wire rack and dry out in the oven at 80˚C, for a couple of hours until crisp and dry. PS - if you want this recipe in a nice printable word format, please e-mail me at [email protected] and I will gladly mail it to you.

I grew up in a household where we always ate fabulous homemade rusks. My mom was THAT “tannie” who could bake the best “mosbolletjies” and buttermilk rusks in the whole tow…

A delicious, healthy and nutritious any-time snack that can even be enjoyed as breakfast with a cup of tea or coffee.

To start off the Christmas Season, I’m starting with a recipe that Grandma made pretty regularly in later years. Swedish Rusks are a lot like biscotti. I’m sure that the reason theyR…

I have tested this recipe many times and each time I tweak it a little as it doesn’t feel quite right. I think it is finally all tweaked out and has reached perfection (well in my rusk world)! I think the secret is to pre-roast all your nuts and seeds, it just gives it that extra toasted depth o

The ultimate vegan rusks are just my absolute favorite rusk recipe that I had to share. Rusks is a very well known breakfast must have in South Africa. Our parents and their parents grew up knowing this dried sweet bread as a meal that can't go without. Till today my husband and I enjoy rusks with our breakfast and shares a few bites here and there with our son. There is few that comes close to a good nostalgic rusk!

Delicious and easy Buttermilk rusks

Delicious homemade Weetbix Beskuit. An easy rusk recipe for any beginner baker to try.

All Bran Flakes Rusks are deliciously light and crumbly. They make an ideal "On- the- run-breakfast" and are so more-ish you will want to ea...

A delicious, healthy and nutritious any-time snack that can even be enjoyed as breakfast with a cup of tea or coffee.

Mincemeat Muffins are soft, moist, and sweet. Filled with gorgeous festive flavours and sticky fruit chunks they made an ideal Christmas treat and a great change from mince pies.

​A variation on the melting moment with a lovely sweet custard flavoured filling.

These Rusks are the BOMB!!! Seriously. A great little snack with a good cup of coffee on a Sunday morning. 2 Cups Sugar 4 cups white flour 1 tsp salt 2 eggs 1 Cup Rasins (you can leave them out if …

A delicious gluten free and low carb Vegan Nut and Seed Rusk recipe, packed with nuts and seeds.

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A quick and easy gingernut biscuit recipe that is quite simply, THE BEST. Crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy in the centre with a delicious hit of ginger.

To start off the Christmas Season, I’m starting with a recipe that Grandma made pretty regularly in later years. Swedish Rusks are a lot like biscotti. I’m sure that the reason theyR…

This is my mom's almond biscotti recipe.  It is one of the specialty cookies she makes, among many others!  Biscotti are Italian biscuit-like cookies. Translating to "twice-cooked," biscotti are typically harder in texture, perfect for dipping in coffee.  My mom's biscotti are crunchy, but not as hard as traditional biscotti; they are lighter and less dense.  They make for the perfect sweet bite in the afternoon with a cup of tea, or the perfect sweet ending to your day.  My favorite part of this recipe is that we didn't change a thing to "lighten" them up.  They are easy to work into your day as-is.  I love it!

All you need for this 3-ingredient oatmeal cookies recipe is a banana, a cup of rolled oats, and a handful of dried fruit like raisins.

This recipe that I'm sharing which has based on a classic English scone formula should turn out light and fluffy, rise tall and never dense nor stiff if you do it right.

Try my Better Than Hardee's Cinnamon Raisin Biscuits for soft, buttery, flaky biscuits full of sweet, plump raisins, cinnamon sugar, and topped with a delicious vanilla glaze. These homemade cinnamon raisin biscuits are so easy and so good!

With only 5 ingredients, these jam drops are the easiest and most delicious of all. A recipe from my Nanny Hulm.

Are you looking for a quick and easy traditional gingernut recipe? Check out my Grandma's Gingernut Biscuits recipe here. Tastes like a warm hug!

To start off the Christmas Season, I’m starting with a recipe that Grandma made pretty regularly in later years. Swedish Rusks are a lot like biscotti. I’m sure that the reason theyR…

Homemade Hobnob-style biscuits. These oat biscuits are slightly chewy and perfectly sweet.

These traditional South African Buttermilk Rusks are wonderful with your morning cuppa. Click here to see the full recipe.

Crunchy Italian cookies with robust coffee flavour and plenty of chocolate chunks !