American Southern

Rusk

Name: Rusk
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: One lb sugar; 7 each eggs; 0.5 lb butter; 1 teacup hop yeast; 1 cups flour; 1 each soda

Historic recipe from Malinda Russell's 1866 cookbook "A Domestic Cook Book". Page 28. 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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One lb sugar, seven eggs, half lb butter, one teacup good hop yeast, made into a stiff batter over night; when light, work it into a soft dough in the morning; let it rise again; make it out into rolls; rise again; put a little soda in the flour if sour; bake in a slow oven.

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