Orange And Coconut Rusks

Orange And Coconut Rusks

Shopping list:
- 2kg self-raising flour
- 25ml baking powder
- 10ml salt
- 750ml desiccated coconut
- 500ml sugar
- 4 extra•large eggs
- 500g margarine, melted
- 1 litre milk
- 15ml orange essence

How to cook:
1.Preheat the oven to 160°C and grease large loaf tins with butter or non-stick spray.
2.Combine the dry ingredients, except the sugar, in a large mixing bowl.
3.Beat the sugar, eggs, melted margarine and milk together.
4.Add the orange essence and mix with the dry ingredients to form a dough.
5.Shape the dough into balls and arrange in the prepared tins. Bake for 20 minutes.
6.Reduce the oven temperature to 140°c and bake for another 60 minutes or until done (a testing skewer inserted into the centre of the rusks should come out clean).
7.Cool slightly in the tins before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
8.Break the rusks into pieces or cut into fingers, arrange on baking sheets and dry in a 100°C oven. 9.Store in airtight containers.
10.Makes about 10 dozen rusks.