Koeksisters

12 ingredients
13 steps

Ingredients

  • Dough
  • 5 cups flour
  • 5 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 cups milk
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 5 teaspoons butter
  • Syrup
  • 12 cups sugar
  • 6 cups water
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons citric acid (original recipe says tartaric acid)
  • oil (for frying)

Directions

  1. 1
    Dough:
  2. 2
    Rub butter into flour, baking powder, salt.
  3. 3
    Beat eggs and milk and then mix into above.
  4. 4
    Place dough in ziplock bag and refrigerate overnight.
  5. 5
    Syrup:
  6. 6
    Bring all ingredients to boil stirring all the time and boil for 5 minutes.
  7. 7
    Cool down.
  8. 8
    Store in fridge overnight - must be well chilled.
  9. 9
    Making and assembling:
  10. 10
    Roll dough out 1/4 inch thick and cut strips 1 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long.
  11. 11
    Take ends of dough and twist and seal off ends by pressing together.
  12. 12
    Fry in hot deep oil.
  13. 13
    Dunk instantly into ice cold syrup.

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