Koesisters
Origin: Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- 3 breakfast-cups Flour
- 1 teaspoonful Mixed Spice
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 2 teaspoonfuls Cinnamon
- 0.5 cup Fat and Butter
- 1 tablespoonful Yeast
- 3 cups Sugar
- 2 cups Water
Instructions
- Knead flour, mixed spice, brown sugar, well-beaten eggs, cinnamon, melted fat and butter, and yeast all together.
- Let the dough stand for half an hour.
- Roll out on a board and cut each piece about an inch and a half long.
- Boil the pieces in fat until done.
- Make a syrup by boiling three cups of sugar with two cups of water, well boiled and flavoured with cinnamon.
- Dip the cooked cakes into the hot syrup.