Koeksisters recipe | Traditonal Cape Malay | WW TASTE

Ingredients

• 625 g cake flour
• 3 T aniseed
• 2 ½ T ground cinnamon
• 2 T instant yeast
• 1 T ground ginger
• 1 T ground cardamon
• 1 T naartjie zest
• 1 t baking powder
• 1 t salt
• 1¼ cups water
• 1 cup milk
• 3 T butter
• 4 T sugar
• 1 large free-range egg
• 2 litres oil, for frying
• 300 g desiccated coconut, for sprinkling
• For the syrup:
• 3 cups water
• 600 g sugar
• 3 sticks cinnamon
• 3 cardamom pods
• 3 naartjie peels (fresh or dried)