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charmainec
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posted June 06, 2011 08:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Makes approximately 35 koeksisters
500 ml (2 cups) Cake Flour
20 ml (4 tsp) Baking Powder
3 ml ( ½ tsp) Salt
25 ml (5 tsp) Butter
125 ml ( ½ cup) Sour Milk OR Buttermilk OR Water and Lemon Juice
Oil, for frying

Syrup

1 kg sugar
500 ml (2 cups) Water
2 pieces of Ginger, bruised
2 ml Cream of Tartar
Pinch of Salt
Grated rind and juice of ½ a Lemon


Sift together the dry ingredients and rub in the butter using your fingertips, or cut it in with a pastry blender.
Mix with the liquid to a soft dough, which can easily be kneaded. Use more liquid if necessary.
Knead thoroughly until small bubbles form under the surface of the dough, cover with a damp cloth and allow to stand for 15 minutes.
Roll to a thickness of 5 mm and cut into 5 mm strips 7 cm long. Place the ends of three strips on top of the other, press together and plait. When plaited, press the ends together again.
Fry in hot, deep fat (170°C) until golden brown. Drain on absorbent paper for a moment and then immerse in ice cold syrup.
Remove, allow excess syrup to drip off, and leave to dry on a wire rack.

Syrup
Put all the ingredients into a saucepan. Heat, while stirring, until the sugar has completely dissolved. Cover and boil for one minute.
Remove the lid and boil for a further 5 minutes. Do not stir.
Remove from the heat and allow to cool thoroughly in a refrigerator if possible.
These are one of my favorites. Enjoy!

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Randall
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posted June 08, 2011 09:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
*bump*

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charmainec
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posted June 09, 2011 07:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It may be too sweet for some.

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lechien
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posted June 11, 2011 06:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lechien     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
i LOVE sweets. i think i'll try this recipe one of these days.

but i always wondered what the difference between cake flour and normal flour? gluten content?

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charmainec
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posted June 21, 2011 08:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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childofzeus
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posted September 30, 2011 07:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for childofzeus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I can never finish a whole one.It's too sweet for me

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charmainec
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posted January 14, 2012 06:31 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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KeirraW
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posted January 14, 2012 12:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for KeirraW     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My Mom had a german lady as a friend way back when..and she LOVED koeksisters but could never remeber the name. In a bakery she asked for sisters cooked, and got the weirdest stare from the Baker! To this day we still call them sisters-cooked!

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charmainec
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posted January 15, 2012 12:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for charmainec     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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