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Hertzoggie
Jam-filled cookie / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Hertzoggie /hɜːrtsɒxi/, 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.
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Course | Dessert |
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Place of origin | South Africa |
Created by | unknown |
Invented | 1920s |
Main ingredients | Flour, salt, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, apricot jam, baking soda, desiccated coconut |
Variations | Multiple |
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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.[1] 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.