24/09/2026
🥥 END HERITAGE DAY ON A SWEET NOTE! 🥥
After the braai comes dessert! 😍 Pick n Pay is adding something sweet to the Heritage Day table with Coconut Koeksisters — soft, warmly spiced, dipped in sticky cinnamon syrup and rolled in coconut. ❤️
Inspired by Cape Malay-style koesisters, they’re perfect with tea or coffee after a day around the braai. ☕🥥
🥥 HERITAGE DAY COCONUT KOEKSISTERS
⏱️ 100 minutes | 🍽️ Makes 12 | 👌 Medium
🛒 INGREDIENTS:
🌾 3 cups cake flour
🥄 2 tsp instant yeast
🍚 3 tbsp sugar
🧂 ½ tsp salt
🤎 1 tsp ground cinnamon
🫚 ½ tsp ground ginger
🌿 ½ tsp ground cardamom
🧈 2 tbsp butter
🥚 1 large egg
🥛 1 cup warm milk
🫗 1L oil, for frying
For the syrup:
🍚 2 cups sugar
💧 1 cup water
🤎 1 cinnamon stick
🥥 2 cups desiccated coconut
👩🏽🍳 METHOD:
1️⃣ Mix flour, yeast, sugar, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cardamom in a bowl.
2️⃣ Add melted butter, egg and warm milk, then mix into a soft dough.
3️⃣ Knead for 5–8 minutes until smooth. Cover and leave to rise for about 1 hour, or until doubled.
4️⃣ Shape the dough into small ovals, place on a floured tray and let them rest for 15–20 minutes.
5️⃣ Heat the oil over medium heat and fry the koeksisters until golden brown and cooked through. Drain on paper towel.
6️⃣ For the syrup, boil sugar, water and the cinnamon stick for 6–8 minutes until slightly sticky.
7️⃣ Dip the warm koeksisters into the hot syrup, then immediately roll them generously in desiccated coconut. 🥥😍
8️⃣ Allow to cool slightly, then serve and enjoy!
From the braai fire to something sweet afterwards, Heritage Day is all about sharing good food and celebrating the flavours that form part of South Africa’s rich food heritage. 🇿🇦❤️
Sweet, soft and coconut-covered, these are made for sharing with family and friends ❤️
❤️ Find everything you need to make your Heritage Day Coconut Koeksisters at Pick n Pay.
Happy Heritage Day, Mzansi! 🥥
Recipe credit: Hey Taylor.
