Afrikaner Vetkoek


Ingredients

520 g cake flour
10 g instant yeast
12 g salt
16 g sugar
375 ml lukewarm water (use more if dough is too dry)
cooking oil for deep frying

Method

  1. Put the flour, yeast, salt and sugar in a bowl and mix it.
  2. Now slowly add the water and work it with your hand until it starts to form a dough.
  3. Now you have to knead for 10 minutes if you don't have an electric mixer. The dough should be nice and firm and elastic. If you have a mixer, you can do the steps in your machine with the dough hook. Let the machine run for 10 minutes.
  4. Grease a bowl and let the dough rise to double its size in your bowl. Cover the bowl with a cloth.
  5. Pour flour on your surface and flatten the dough with your hand until it is about 2 cm thick. Now take a glass, small press or an empty tin and press out your vetkoek.
  6. Place it on a greased baking sheet, cover it with a cloth and let it rise again.
  7. Put oil in a pot and let it heat up. Pour in a small piece of dough and if it rises to the top and turns brown, your oil is ready. Now fry about 3 vetkoek at a time. Turn when they are nicely browned.
  8. Drain on kitchen paper.