Traditional South African Koeksisters

These koeksisters are sooo good, the perfect snack for any time of the day!
If you also want to make these, I used the recipe below.
Should get about 30 koeksisters.
Koeksisters:
Syrup:
Ingredients:
625 ml sugar
250 ml water
6ml lemon juice ( I only used half the lemon juice, since im adding in lemon peel)
peel of 1 small lemon(I added this in but it is completely optional)
1 Tbsp roughly chopped fresh ginger(I added this in but it is completely optional)
5 ml vanilla essence
Directions.
In a pot over medium heat add in the water, sugar, lemon and ginger and bring to the boil,
Dissolve the sugar and boil for 7-8 minutes.
Remove from the heat.
Add in the lemon juice and the vanilla essence.
Remove the lemon peel and the ginger and place in the fridge until extremely cold.
Dough:
Ingredients:
375 ml flour
22 ml baking powder
pinch of salt
20 g butter
150 ml milk
oil to fry
Directions:
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt together.
Add in the butter and mix until the mixture resembles bread crumbs.
Add in the milk in 2 batches.
Roll the dough out and cut into long strips.
Cut those strips into segments which contains three separate strands inside.
Braid the strands and place on a baking tray.
Place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Fry the dough until golden brown.
Immediately add the hot dough into the cold syrup.
Allow to cool.
Enjoy!

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