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From: Jupiter
Registered: Aug 2011

posted August 18, 2011 02:39 AM            

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2 cups white flour
2 cups whole wheat flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup melted butter
2 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoons almond extract

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.In a large mixing bowl, thoroughly mix the dry ingredients.Combine all the wet ingredients, pour them into the dry ingredients, and stir until you have a soft dough, similar to biscuit dough.Turn the dough onto a well-floured surface and roll it to about a 1/2 inch thickness.Cut the dough into rectangles about 2 by 4 inchesBake the rusks about 2 inches apart on buttered baking sheet for about 25 minutes until the tops are crisping and browning a little.Loosely pile the rusks on a baking sheet and keep them in a 200 degree oven all day or all night (about 12 hours) to dry.The finished rusks should be very dry and hard.Cool and store in an airtight container.Rusks will keep for weeks.For peanut rusks: Add 1 cup coarsely chopped peanuts.

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From: nevada
Registered: Apr 2009

posted August 18, 2011 03:41 AM            

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Hello ChildofZeus! Welcome to LL

your recipe sounds yummy

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From: Jupiter
Registered: Aug 2011

posted August 18, 2011 04:28 AM            

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Hello Lalalinda

Thank you Be sure to make them and try it

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From: Venus next to Randall
Registered: Apr 2009

posted August 18, 2011 08:03 AM            

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You can put almonds in too.

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