American Southern

Fried Rusk

Name: Fried Rusk
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 2 cups sugar; 0.5 cups butter; 0.5 cups yeast; 1 cups sweet milk; 3 each eggs; flour to make a thick batter

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 27. One of the earliest known cookbooks by an African American author.

15 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

12Servings

mediumDifficulty

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Instructions

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Two cups sugar, half cup butter, half cup yeast, half pint sweet milk, three eggs, flour to make a thick batter; set away to rise; when light mix to a dough, rise again; roll; cut and fry.

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