Elsa's Notes:

These cookies or jam and coconut tartlets are known as Hertzog koekies in South Africa and are part of Our traditional recipes.

They were named after General J.B.M. Hertzog, prime minister of the South Africa Union in 1924. According to legend, this was One of His wife's recipes and He loved it so much that She named the Cookie after Him. I grew up with Hertzog koekies. As is so often the case with traditional food recipes, there are many versions and here is the recipe that was used in my family for many, many years.