Afrikaner
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confectionery made of fried dough infused in syrup or honey. There is also a of the dish, which is a fried ball of dough that is rolled in desiccated coconut called a koesister. The name derives from the Dutch word "koek", which generally means a wheat flour confectionery, also the origin of the American English word "cookie", and "sister" can refer to the oral tradition of two sisters plaiting their doughnuts and then dunking them in syrup, so creating this iconic pastry. "Sis" can also refer to the sizzling sound.
Koeksisters are prepared by frying plaited 
dough
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, then submersing the hot fried dough into ice cold sugar
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is a disaccharide
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syrup. Koeksisters have a golden crunchy crust and liquid syrup centre, are very sticky and sweet, and taste like honey
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.Laurens van der Post
Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a 20th-century South African Afrikaner
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(1970) ''African Cooking'', Time-Life Books, New York
Popular brands include Ouma Rooi Koeksisters, whose founder won the Huletts Koeksister Competition before taking part in the popular South African Koekedoor Show.
A monument of a koeksister in the Afrikaner community of Orania alludes to the Afrikaner tradition of baking them to raise funds for the building of churches and schools.
See also
*List of African dishes
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* List of doughnut varieties
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Variations and specialties by region
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References
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