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Also known as Hertzog Cookie, Hertzogkoekie

A Hertzoggie , also known in Afrikaans as a Hertzogkoekie or in English as a Hertzog cookie, is a jam-filled tartlet or cookie with a coconut topping commonly served on a cup-like pastry base.

Key facts

Food.name
Hertzoggie
Food.image
Hertzoggies for sale in a Cape Town bakery (22 July 2016).jpg
Food.caption
Hertzoggies being sold in a South African bakery for R5.99 (roughly US$0.42) each.
Food.country
South Africa
Food.creator
unknown
Food.course
Dessert
Food.year
1920s
Food.main_ingredient
Flour, salt, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, apricot jam, baking soda, desiccated coconut
Food.variations
Multiple

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
food
Country of origin
South Africa
Material used
flour
Image
Hertzoggies for sale in a Cape Town bakery (22 July 2016).jpg
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Commons category
Hertzoggies
course
dessert
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Composition
  • Jan Smuts cookies
  • See also
  • References

A Hertzoggie , also known in Afrikaans as a Hertzogkoekie or in English as a Hertzog cookie, is a jam-filled tartlet or cookie with a coconut topping commonly served on a cup-like pastry base.

The cookie is a popular dessert in South Africa where it is often eaten with a cup of English tea. In the Cape Malay community the dessert is often eaten during Eid. It is often baked at home as part of a dessert-baking cottage industry in the country and sold alongside other popular South African desserts such as koeksisters.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hertzoggie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.