Skuinskoek (diagonal cakes)
- The Rainbow Team
- May 6, 2015
- 1 min read
Ingredients
10 ml Surebake instant yeast
120 gram sugar
5 ml salt
5 ml anise seed
600 gram high grade flour
60 gram butter
300 ml water
At least 1 litre Canola oil for frying
Method
Place yeast and all the dry ingredients in the bread maker's bread pan. Add butter and pour water into the pan.
Close lid, set program on "dough only" cycle (called "pizza" cycle on some bread makers) and start machine. It should take about 45 minutes.
After the cycle completed, switch unit off and leave to rest for 15 minutes.
Set to the "dough only" program again and start. Switch machine off after finished.
Leave dough in closed unit to rise to double or three times the original size. Remove the dough when it rose to the brim of the bread pan. It will take about 4 to 6 hours at room temperature (or a warm cupboard in winter).
Knead dough down for 5 minutes. You could do it by hand, or set the program on the "dough only" cycle again. Do not let the machine finish the cycle, but switch the machine off after 5 minutes.
Remove bread pan from unit.
Pinch pieces of dough off, roll into a sausage and then cut it into diamond shapes (diagonal slices) of 5 cm (2 in) each.
Place on a baking plate that is lightly covered with flour. Cover and let rise until it has doubled in original size.
Fry in warm oil until golden brown on both sides and cooked through.
Drain on kitchen paper and eat while still warm.
You can sprinkle it with icing sugar before serving.
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