Bran Cream Rusks

Ingredients

2 pounds (1 kg) Self raising flour
8 cups bran
2 cups white sugar
1 tsp salt
1 pound ( 500 g ) margarine / butter
4 cups cream ( or + cream + ideal milk )

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180C (325F). Butter 2 bread tins. Mix the flour, bran, sugar, and salt. Rub in the marg / butter so that it is like crumble. Mix in the cream and mix well. Divide the dough and press into the pans evenly. Cut into squares. Bake for 45 mins until cooked and the tops are lightly browned. Up end carefully on to a wire rack and allow to cool. When cold, split pieces and allow to dry out at room temp, or put into the warming drawer and dry them out, checking regularly that they do not burn. Makes 64 rusks.