Name: Potato koeksisters
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 1 large potatoes boiled and mashed; 20 g butter; 10 ml ground cinnamon; 15 ml aniseed ground; 10 ml ginger ground; 6 ml ground; cardamom; 5 ml salt; 7 ml naartjie finely grated; peel; 375 ml water warm; 20 ml sugar; 1 eggs; 5x250 ml flour cake; 5 ml Baking powder; 10 g Superbake Instant Yeast; 60 ml oil; oil for deep frying; icing sugar for dusting; 250 ml white sugar; 200 ml water

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Ingredients (21)

1	large potatoes — boiled and mashed
20 g	butter
10 ml	ground cinnamon
15 ml	aniseed — ground
10 ml	ginger — ground
6 ml	ground
	cardamom
5 ml	salt
7 ml	naartjie — finely grated
	peel
375 ml	water — warm
20 ml	sugar
1	eggs
5x250 ml	flour — cake
5 ml	Baking powder
10 g	Superbake Instant Yeast
60 ml	oil
	oil — for deep frying
	icing sugar — for dusting

SYRUP

250 ml	white sugar
200 ml	water

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Method:

A delicious twist on a traditional treat!

1. Mash the potato and butter. Add the spices, salt, naartjie peel, water, sugar and egg.Mix well. Add flour, baking powder and yeast. Mix well.

2. Add oil a little at a time,mix well and knead until the dough no longer sticks to your hands. Cover and leave to stand for about 30 minutes in a warm place.

3. Grease a baking tray with margarine or butter. Punch down the dough, break off 10 g pieces and shape into balls or make plaits. Cover and leave in a warm place until double in volume.

4. SYRUP: Boil ingredients until a light syrup forms. Remove from the heat.

5. Heat the oil until hot. Fry a few koeksisters at a time until golden brown and cooked. Remove with a slotted spoon and plunge into hot syrup immediately.

6. Remove from the syrup and leave to cool on a wire rack. Dust with icing sugar.