Koeksisters Recipe

Koeksisters Recipe

Koeksisters are dough twists that have been deep-fried and dipped in a special syrup. They are delicious!

Course: Snack
Cuisine: South African

Ingredients

Syrup

• 1 cup Water
• 2½ cups white Sugar
• 2½ tsp Lemon juice
• 1 tsp Vanilla essence

Dough

• 1½ cups Cake flour
• 4½ tsp Baking powder
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 0.7 oz Butter (20 g)
• ⅝ cup Milk (150 ml)
• 3 cups Canola oil

Instructions

1. Put the water and sugar in a pot and bring to boil on low heat.
2. Stir frequently until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Boil for 7 minutes.
4. Remove the pot from the stove and stir in the lemon juice and vanilla essence.
5. Put the pot aside.
6. Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder thoroughly in a mixing bowl.
7. Break the butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture.
8. Add the milk. Mix well until a dough is formed.
9. Roll the dough out to a thickness of 5 mm (+- 1/4 in.).
10. Cut the dough into thin (+- 10 mm or 1/2 in.) strips.
11. Take 3 strips and join their ends on one side.
12. Braid the strips to desired koeksister length and join the other ends.
13. Heat the oil in a pot until fairly hot.
14. Put about 3 koeksisters at a time in the oil and fry them on both sides until they get a golden-brown color.
15. As you remove the koeksisters from the oil, place them directly into the syrup.
16. Allow the koeksisters to absorb the syrup thoroughly.
17. Remove the koeksisters from the syrup and allow the excess syrup to drip off.
18. Place them in the refrigerator.