Koeksusters

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 4 cups flour
• 4 potatoes (1/2 lb)
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cup milk (warm)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/4 ounce dried yeast
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon grated naartjie peel (orange rind will do)
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups water
• dessicated unsweetened coconut, for rolling

Recipe

• 1 cook potatoes and mash whilst hot.
• 2 combine water, yeast and 2 tbsp sugar until frothy.
• 3 sift flour, salt, spices add grated peel and sugar.
• 4 cream butter/margarine; add eggs, then mashed potatoes.
• 5 add milk to yeast mixture and then to potato mix.
• 6 combine all ingredients and knead dough until smooth.
• 7 let rise until doubled
• 8 roll dough out thick and use appropriate cutters or you could braid them.
• 9 let rise approx 30 minutes.
• 10 heat oil to°f and fry doughnuts on both sides until golden.
• 11 drain and dip in syrup.
• 12 the syrup.
• 13 mix water and sugar together and simmer until sticky (use low heat).
• 14 steep koeksusters in sugar syrup, allowing them to absorb the sugar syrup.
• 15 remove the donuts and roll in coconut.