Photo of the blog owner Bobotie is a popular South African dish. It is a spicy mince dish with a slight curry flavour. This dish has its origins in Indonesia. The name is often mis-pronounced as babootie and hence the name of this site. Read more about Ba-Bootie.

Recipes posted in the Cookies category

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Coconut Jam Tartlets (Hertzoggies)

1 August 2010 | Cookies, Tarts | 19 Comments

I have never met anyone, old or young, that did not enjoy the taste of these little tarts.

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Peanut Butter Biscuits

13 June 2010 | Cookies | 14 Comments

A word of warning, if you have children in the house and you plan to bake some of these, make lots of them.

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Koeksisters

3 April 2010 | Cakes, Cookies | 10 Comments

When a South African who has been away from home for a while thinks of home, this dish is normally one of the things he/she will think of.

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Dadel Vingers – ‘Date Fingers’

5 January 2010 | Cookies | 3 Comments

An old favourite as made by my mother and grandmother.

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Outydse Soetkoekies – ‘Sweet Butter Biscuits’

1 January 2010 | Cookies | 4 Comments

The only English translation that makes any sense that I could find for these cookies is ‘sweet butter biscuits’.

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