Recipe credit: @fatima_sydow_cooks cooks @homemade_addict2 KOESISTERS Ingredients for dough 4&1/2 cups of cake flour 1cup of lukewarm water 1/2 cup of lukewarm milk 1 tsp of baking powder 1 sachet of Instant yeast 10grams 2 tablespoon of caster sugar 3 tbsp of butter( melted) 1 tsp of salt The zest of one naartjie ( optional ) 1 tablespoon of fine ginger 1-2 teaspoons of mix spice ( optional ) 2 tablespoons of aniseed 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 a teaspoon of freshly grounded cardamon seeds 1 egg -------------- *Oil for deep frying
*Sugar and stick cinnamon for sugaring
*Fine coconut
Method
Mix all ingredients together until you get a sticky dough. Dough must be very soft .Knead dough for 10 minutes using a little oil on your hands to stop from sticking, rub some oil over dough , cover with cloth and allow to rise for an hour or when double in size . Roll out into little ball shapes and fry in oil on medium to high heat until brown . Sugar and cover with fine coconut .
Sugar Syrup
Boil 3 cups of sugar with 3 cups of water and a few cinnamon sticks for about 30 minutes on medium heat ...then simmer when sugaring the koeksister. You can add two naartjie peels as well.
Tip- If the dough is not a soft sticky consistency you will get less of a rise and koesisters won't have a very light texture.
