Koeksisters - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Dough
5 cups flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
2 cups milk
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 teaspoons butter
Syrup
12 cups sugar
6 cups water
1 1/2 teaspoons citric acid (original recipe says tartaric acid)
oil (for frying)

Preparation

Dough:
Rub butter into flour, baking powder, salt.
Beat eggs and milk and then mix into above.
Place dough in ziplock bag and refrigerate overnight.
Syrup:
Bring all ingredients to boil stirring all the time and boil for 5 minutes.
Cool down.
Store in fridge overnight - must be well chilled.
Making and assembling:
Roll dough out 1/4 inch thick and cut strips 1 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long.
Take ends of dough and twist and seal off ends by pressing together.
Fry in hot deep oil.
Dunk instantly into ice cold syrup.