Name: Koesisters with Coconut
Yield: 40 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 6 cups (700 g) cake flour; 1 tablespoon castor sugar; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 2 tablespoon ground ginger; 2 teaspoon ground aniseed; 1 teaspoon ground cardamom; 1 teaspoon salt; 10 g instant yeast; 1 tablespoon dried ground tangerine peel (optional); 250 ml lukewarm milk; 100 g butter or margarine; 1, beaten egg; About 2 cups lukewarm water (dough); as needed oil for deep frying; 5 pieces cinnamon stick; 1 cup sugar (for syrup); 2 cups water (syrup); 1 cup desiccated coconut

Dessert

40 servings

144 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Sift the dry ingredients together into a bowl and make a well in the centre.

Cake flourCastor sugarBaking powderGround cinnamonGround gingerGround aniseedGround cardamomSaltInstant yeastDried ground tangerine peel (optional)

Step 2

Warm the milk and butter until lukewarm, then add the beaten egg.

MilkButter or margarineEgg

Step 3

Pour the milk–butter–egg mixture into the dry ingredients with enough lukewarm water and mix to form a soft dough.

Cake flourCastor sugarBaking powderGround cinnamonGround gingerGround aniseedGround cardamomSaltInstant yeastDried ground tangerine peel (optional)MilkButter or margarineEggWater (dough)

Step 4

Cover and leave the dough to rise in a warm place until doubled in size.

Instant yeast

Step 5

Take small amounts of dough and form into oval-shaped balls.

Cake flourMilkButter or margarineEggWater (dough)Instant yeast

Step 6

Deep fry the shaped dough in oil on medium heat (350°F) until evenly browned, then drain on paper towels to cool (~30 minutes).

Oil for deep frying

Step 7

Heat sugar, cinnamon sticks and syrup water on low heat, stirring until a thick syrup forms.

Cinnamon stickSugar (for syrup)Water (syrup)

Step 8

Once the koesisters are cool, briefly soak them in bubbling syrup for 1 minute.

Cinnamon stickSugar (for syrup)Water (syrup)

Step 9

Remove the koesisters from the syrup and sprinkle with desiccated coconut.

Desiccated coconut

This recipe is adapted from Wikibooks. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International.