Jugu Scones with Butter and Jam

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    12

    scones
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      1 hr 30

Appears in
Third Culture Cooking: Classic Recipes for a New Generation

By Zaynab Issa

Published 2025

  • About

Jugu cake, an East African peanut rusk, was always in abundance in our snack cabinet growing up. Stale and crumbly in texture (similar to biscotti yet somehow drier), you absolutely needed to have it with a cup of tea or coffee to avoid a Sahara Desert dry mouth. If that description isn’t obvious enough, I’ll be clearer: I never really preferred it. I did, however, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Meet my happy medium: a flaky scone made with crushed roasted peanuts and served with