Today I am on that run away roller coaster, the time is getting close for me to get an actual date of losing my Boops, how appropaite OOps nO bOObs!! I am blessed still since they caught this cancer now. Many will not catch until l it is too late... but still it creates emotional turmoil.
But I will spoil myself by baking a favorite dish
Koeksisters
Syrup
250 ml water
(1 cup)
625 ml white sugar
(2 1/2 cups)
12 1/2 ml lemon juice (2 1/2 tsp.)
5 ml vanilla
essence (1 tsp.)
Dough
375 ml cake flour
(1 1/2 cups)
22 ml baking powder
(4 1/2 tsp.)
1 ml salt
(1/4 tsp.)
150 ml milk
(the vanilla soy milk gives added flavor, 5/8 cup) or 150 ml vanilla-flavored soymilk
(the vanilla soy milk gives added flavor, 5/8 cup)
750 ml canola oil
(3 cups)
Directions:
1.
1
Put
the water and sugar in a ot and bring to boil on low heat. Stir frequently
until the sugar is completely dissolved. Boil for 7 minutes.
2.
2
Remove the pot from the stove and stir in the lemon juice and
vanilla essence. Put the pot into the fridge.
3.
3
Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder thoroughly in a mixing
bowl. Break the butter or margarine into
small pieces and add to the four
mixture. Add the milk. Mix well until a dough is formed.
4.
4
Roll
the dough out to a thickness of 5 mm (+ or - 1/4 in.). Cut the dough into thin
(+ or - 10 mm or 1/2 in.) strips. Take 3 strips and join their ends on one
side. Braid the strips to desired koeksister length and join other ends.
5.
5
Heat the oil in a pot until fairly hot. Put about 3 koeksisters
(or what can fit)at a time in the oil and fry them on both sides until they get
a golden-brown color. As you remove the koeksisters for the oil, place them directly
into the syrup from the fridge. It is important to keep the syrup cool, so
between soakings, return the syrup to the fridge to maintain its coolness.
6.
6
Remove the koeksisters from the syrup and
allow the excess syrup to drip off. Place them in the refrigerator to cool and
then eat!
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