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Missing home? These rusks will provide just a teensy bit of comfort. Healthy as well as delicious \u2013 who can say no? Plus, I have a new cookbook called Boerekos met \u2019n Twist<\/em> that is a must buy! Check it out on my blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wholehearted healthy rusks will have to cure the winter blues. Since it\u2019s the month of February and all, snuggling up with these or your other half is kind of obligatory. These are just one of my all-time favourite things to eat night or day, meal or snack. If you don\u2019t know about rusks, then you\u2019re missing out. It\u2019s basically baked sweetbread, dried out and generously dipped into a steaming mug of coffee.<\/p>\n

This week has been exceptionally cold and I have been so oblivious thinking that the winter might be over already. Spring, where are you? I miss you so dearly. So, what to do when it\u2019s so freaking cold that you don\u2019t even want to look out the window? Bake and bake until there is so much food supply to last you for three winters. I have been trying to make a sourdough bread since forever and I have finally (fingers crossed!) nailed the recipe already with the first try. Yes yes, I know wishful thinking and all\u2026 I\u2019ll have to wait for the true judge (my mother) to arrive next week.<\/p>\n

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So normal rusks I can do. I have this easy recipe that I have been using since we moved to France and had to start cooking for two. This is such an easy breakfast for the husbands and I am sure that once our son gets to appreciate rusks, he will say the same. Then it\u2019s one mealtime that I don\u2019t have to worry about. The job is indeed never done, because as soon as the one meal is done, you have a hungry presque one-year-old tagging on your trousers.<\/p>\n

So back to the sourdough\u2026 It is a two-day process that allows you to make and bake rusks and bread. You\u2019ll first have to make a sourdough plant \u2013 which I will explain in a bit \u2013 and then you can make and bake whatever you prefer first. I made a sourdough loaf first and then the rusks thereafter. I kind of prepared them simultaneously, because they can take some time to rise. So, planning and no distractions are key. Even if you make these when it\u2019s naptime, it\u2019s so worth it when they come out of the oven, I promise.<\/p>\n

How to make a sourdough plant:<\/p>\n

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