Koeksisters

"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."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
36
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ingredients

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directions

  • Dough:

  • Rub butter into flour, baking powder, salt.
  • Beat eggs and milk and then mix into above.
  • Place dough in ziplock bag and refrigerate overnight.
  • Syrup:

  • Bring all ingredients to boil stirring all the time and boil for 5 minutes.
  • Cool down.
  • Store in fridge overnight – must be well chilled.
  • Making and assembling:

  • Roll dough out 1/4 inch thick and cut strips 1 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long.
  • Take ends of dough and twist and seal off ends by pressing together.
  • Fry in hot deep oil.
  • Dunk instantly into ice cold syrup.

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Reviews

  1. 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!
     
  2. 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!!
     
  3. These were yummy!! I have a friend from South Africa and when I came across this recipe I thought it would be fun to try out something from there..lol..I fried them this morning after making the dough last night, and they were very nice!! however even though they are really nice I dont really think there is anything 'special' to it. My only problem with this is that the dough was a bit too sticky for me to handle, and I couldn't braid them :( I tried to at first, but after three braids I gave up and just cut it into strips. However it might have been my fault, because I halved this recipe and since it calls for 3 eggs I added 2, so, it's a possibility that this was the problem, Very nice ;) thanks!
     
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I was born and raised in South Africa but now live in Delaware USA. Since I can remember I have been cooking! My first real cooking experience was when I was 7. I came home from school one afternoon and felt like French toast. My elder brother was home with his friends and did not want to make it for me, so I got a pan out, put it on the stove, turned the stove on to high. After that I could not remember what to do, but I knew that French toast involved bread so I put the bread in the hot pan without grease and poured milk over it! Oy vey... My brother's friend asked me what I was trying to make and I told him. He laughed and told me I was making it wrong but he also taught me how to make French toast the right way. I came home every day after that and made French toast. I felt so confident with the little bit of knowledge I had acquired that I soon started experimenting with other things. Nothing was going to stop me! The first full meal I ever made for my family was boiled rice and oven roasted chicken pieces with a steamed vegetable medley. I was 8 years old and my mom was in hospital. My dad was struggling to hold down an intensely busy job, keep the family going and be with my mom, so I thought I would help him. I don't think he believed that I had done it on my own. I remember telling him that I read in a cookery book how to make a roast chicken but I did not know what "a" rosemary was so I just put the chicken in the dish without it. Decades later with a myriad tried and tested recipes behind me - flops and failures included - I know my way around any food item and kitchen utensil, much to my family's delight!
 
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