Name: South African Koeksisters By My Diverse Kitchen
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 15
Cuisine: South African Recipes
Ingredients: 2 cups cake flour; 10 ½ tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 25 g butter ,; ¼ cup milk; ¼ cup water; 1 tsp lemon juice; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup water; 2 ginger (3/4u201d each) fresh; pinch salt; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 1 cinnamon stick

Koeksisters are a South African pastry that’s deep-fried and then dipped in spiced sugar syrup. Somewhat reminiscent of doughnuts, koeksisters are made by twisting/ braiding either 2 or 3 small strips of dough, deep frying them and dipping them in a ginger and cinnamon spiced sugar syrup.

RatingDifficultyBeginner

South African Koeksisters By My Diverse Kitchen

Yields15 Servings

Prep Time30 minsCook Time30 minsTotal Time1 hr

It is very important to keep the sugar syrup chilled. Once the sugar syrup warms up, the koeksisters will not become crunchy, but become softer which is more like the Cape Malay variety.

For the dough:

2 cups cake flour

10 ½ tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

25 g butter , chilled and cut into pieces

¼ cup milk

¼ cup water

1 tsp lemon juice

For the sugar syrup:

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

2 ginger (3/4u201d each) fresh