Buttermilk Rusks

1kg self-raising flour
5ml salt
200ml sugar
250g butter
500g buttermilk (carton)
1 egg
25 ml oil

Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees ceelcius
Sift dry ingredients and rub in the butter till you have fine crumbs.
Mix the buttermilk, oil and egg, and add to the dry ingredients.

Form dumpy 'sausages', and slot into a greased bread pan, next to each other.
Bake for 45 minutes.
When the mixture is cooked through, remove from the oven, and break the individual pieces apart.
Lay out on a baking tray and leave overnight in a cool oven to dry out (120 degrees c)

Yummy baked rusks fresh before drying out