Hertzoggie Cookies
Hertzoggie Cookies are one of the most popular cookies in South-Africa. They are jam/jelly filled cookies with a light coconut, meringue topping.
With a large plateful of Hertzoggies, your guests are sure to have more than one !
This is another South-African cookie favorite! A True African cookies recipe.
Crust, jam filling and a coconut topping make these Hertzoggie Cookies a very popular and widely baked sweet treat all over the country.
I have to admit – I hate baking cookies ! Muffins are fine, cupcakes again, no, I am no good with icing !
The decorating part, whatever method/recipe I try, it always looks off. At least the cupcakes with the icing tastes just fine.
But I love a good Hertzoggie and the ones at the supermarkets are really becoming a joke. The other day I found three, out of a packet of twelve, with no filling.
The only other place to get them is at a good Home Industry store – but that can be expensive.
I have baked some before, made a complete mess as I used too much jam in the filling. Not once but three times.
Some of the recipes read that the egg-white must be beaten stiff, almost like making meringue, this also did not work out.
Today, I looked through my Springbok Kitchen cookbook again and found this recipe for Hertzoggie Cookies, which is GREAT!
I made the Hertzoggies exactly as per the recipe and I am happy with the results. Next time I might just add a tiny bit more of the egg-white mixture on top to give a bit more of a rise as well as extra coconutty delight.
NB: However tempting it might be – DO NOT overdo it with the jam! One teaspoon is more than enough.
More South-African Delicacies :
Hertzoggie Cookies
Hertzoggie Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour ( if available use Cake Flour )
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoons Sugar
- ½ cup Butter cut into small cubes
- 3 extra-large Eggs separated
- 2 tablespoons Ice-Cold Water
- 48 teaspoons Smooth Apricot Jam Jelly - not lumpy jam
- ¾ cup Desiccated Coconut
- ¾ cup Caster Sugar ( super fine sugar )
Instructions
- Sift the Flour, Baking Powder, Salt and Sugar together into a medium mixing bowl – Add the Butter and rub it into the Flour with you fingertips
- Mix the Egg Yellow and Water and add to the Flour mixture – mix until a dough has formed – place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes
- Meanwhile, pre-heat the oven to 180 deg C (350 deg F) – spray 4 x 12 hole patty pans with cooking oil
- Roll out the dough and cut into circles, slightly larger than the patty pan holes, fit the rounds into each hole – place a teaspoon full of the Apricot Jam in the center of the cut-out dough
- Beat the Egg whites until just foamy – do not over beat – add the Coconut and the Caster Sugar – mix well by hand
- Use approximately 1 tablespoon full of the Egg/Coconut mixture and spoon over the Apricot Jam – bake for 12 – 15 minutes
- Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool in the pans – transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Keep leftovers in a sealed container
Remove from the oven and let the cookies cool in the pans – transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Keep leftovers in a sealed container.
Hi I am from South Africa and it is a big favourite here.
Just another tip on the jam freeze the jam and then spoon it, take a little cake flour and just dust the jam the add it to the pastry. This will keep the jam from flowing out when baked.
Thanks
Ansie
Hi Ansie, yes us South-Africans do love our Hertzoggie cookies ! I always use ice cold jam fillings (in most pastries) and thank you for the tip to use frozen !
I just made these and they’re exactly like the ones my Ouma made for us. Yummy.
Hello I just wanted to let you know that your recipe is featured on this weeks Manic Monday http://bobbiskozykitchen.blogspot.com/2012/11/manic-monday-party-17.html
I hope you will share again!!
These look so good! Loved and pinned. Thanks for sharing at MightyCrafty Mondays…
Linda, these look yummy! Thanks for the recipe! Thanks for joining the party at Keep Calm and Link Up! Come back again this Thursday night!
Barbara at Chase the Star
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These look soo good. Thanks for sharing. Love apricot (trying to imagine the coconut combination). Thanks for sharing!
Hi Linda,
These cookies look amazing. Thanks for sharing them at Adorned From Above's Link Party.
Debi @ Adorned From Above
delicious looking cookies!
These look so good! I will have to try these for sure! I've never tried making cookies with jam inside of them, sounds like a challenge! Thanks for linking this up at Meatless Monday recipe hop 🙂
Linda, I have never had this cookie but I can't wait to try it. Hope you are having a great weekend and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
These look great!
These make me want to get a little taste of SA myself! I especially love the coconut topping.
I have never heard of these, but they look delicious and the filling possibilities are endless with so many flavors of jam! Yummmm!
I linked next to you on Petals to Picots, when I saw the title I hoped I would hit a S.A. site, but a "Vaalie" Site, how cool! How nice to visit your blog 🙂
x
Natalie (A Fellow ex-Vaalie :))
http://www.marigoldsloft.blogspot.com
Wow – found you through 33 Shades of Green. Pinned this recipe for Christmas
yet another yummy cookie! I do delight!
Those look delicious I'm pinning them yum