The Ultimate Peanut Butter Rusk

Shared with me by a family member, these rusks will have you reaching for more.  The peanut butter aroma while they are baking in the oven is just too delicious.

Ingredients:

230g Margarine or butter

260g brown sugar

3 extra large eggs

50 ml peanut butter

5 ml vanilla essence

10 ml bicarbonate of soda

250ml milk

250g cake flour

10ml baking powder

pinch of salt

160g coconut

160g oats

120g All-Bran  flakes

50g peanuts chopped

assortment of seeds

Method:

Preheat oven to 180c grease 2 loaf tins with margarine.

Cream margarine and sugar together. Add eggs one by one, beating well after each addition. Add peanut butter and vanilla essence and mix well. Dissolve the bicarb of soda in the milk.

Add milk mixture to margarine mixture. Add the sifted cake flour, baking powder and salt to margarine mixture as well. Add remaining ingredients to the margarine mixture. Blend well. Turn mixture into the tins and bake for about 1/2 – 3/4 hour or until testing skewer comes out clean. Cool & slice and dry @ 100c.

Allow  rusks to cool before slicing.