Koeksisters

Bokenpop aka Madeleine's Note:

This is a traditional South African dessert. These very addictive treats are not for people who are conscious of weight or sugar intake! These freeze fantastically well and are thus a great lifesaver for when unexpected company arrive. Time to make does not include overnight chilling time.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 36

Dough

• 5 cups flour
• 5 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 cups milk
• 3 eggs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 teaspoons butter

Syrup

• 12 cups sugar
• 6 cups water
• 1 ½ teaspoons citric acid (original recipe says tartaric acid)
• oil (for frying)

Directions:

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

Reviews

[Pettitte Fan]

My husband is South African and told me about these and how much I'd love them...which I do! The only thing we do differently is add the juice of half a lemon and some fresh crushed ginger to the syrup...delicious!

[Paname?a]

This recipe was delicious! I had to make a dish from Africa for my geography class so I decided that this was the perfect recipe! Anyways..I also agree that the dough was too sticky to handle so I suggest that you should knead the dough while adding 3/4 cup of flour (at seperate times). It worked out great for me. Thanks for the recipe!!