Juicy Twisties
This lovely Juicy Twistie is made from a dough mix. A sweet sugar syrup is made. After plating the dough they are deep fried in oil and then dipped into the syrup mixture to give you a lovely sweet-tangy Juicy Twistie.
Servings 20 pieces
Ingredients
Dough
- 4 cups cake flour
- 2 tbls butter
- 8 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbls lemon juice
- 1 1/4 cups water more can be added if the dough is too dry
Syrup
- 6 cups sugar
- 1 tbls lemon juice
- 3 cups water
- 1 tsp crushed ginger
Instructions
Syrup
- Mix all the ingredients and boil for 10 minutes.
- Cool and refrigerate over night.
Dough mixture
- Sift dry ingredients.
- Rub butter in with fingertips.
- Add water and knead till dough forms bubbles.
- Cover with a damp cloth. Keep in a warm place for 30-40 minutes to rise.
- Roll out lightly and cut into strips, about 9 cm long.
- Cut each strip into three, starting about 1 cm from the top, and plait.
- Bake till golden brown in medium hot oil.
- Dunk immediately into ice cold syrup for a few second to soak up some syrup.