Muesli Rusks and Chai Tea

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I've been continuing with my campaign for more baking-made-easy recipes to give you the best-tasting, simple-making recipes that require only a cup, a tablespoon and a teaspoon to measure and I've come up with a great one for rusks. I thought what better way to enjoy a rusk than with a cup of tea, but not just any tea - melt in your mouth, comfort-oozing before bedtime snoozing chai tea! Yes please!

Muesli Rusks

Ingredients:

• 2 cups cake flour
• 2 tbs baking powder
• 1 tsp bicarb
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups nuttywheat flour
• 3 cups digestive bran
• 250g butter (either half a 500g block or a cup)
• 1 cup plain yoghurt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup raisins
• 2 cups muesli (any kind will do)

Method:

• Preheat the oven to 180*C.
• Mix together dry ingredients and rub in butter using fingers or kneading attachment on your electric mixer until it resembles large breadcrumbs.

• Now add the yoghurt, sugar, vinegar and eggs and mix to form a slightly sticky dough, then add the cup of raisins and 2 cups of mueslie. (If it's too sticky to handle add a little more digestive bran.)
• Grease a 20cm by 30cm baking tin.
• Roll the dough into golf ball shapes and place in the baking tray.

• Bake for 40 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and turn the oven down to 100*C.
• Let the rusks cool for 5 minutes before taking them out of the baking tray and separating them using a knife or just by breaking them apart.
• Lay them out on 2 trays and pop them back in the oven for approx. 3 hours.

 

Enjoy with a cup of...

Chai Tea

Ingredients: (serves 4)

• 2 Ceylon tea bags
• 4 cups water (just boiled)
• 8 cardamon pods
• 8 cloves
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• 2 cups milk
• 1 tsp allspice
• 4-8 tsp sugar (depending on how sweet you like it)

Method:

• Put a large saucepan on medium heat.
• Pop in your tea bags, cardamon, cloves and cinnamon, pour over the boiling water and allow to simmer for 5 minutes.

• Remove tea bags, add milk, sugar (to taste) and allspice.
• Simmer for another 3 minutes then serve.