Kaasstengels

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Kaasstengels

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Dutch and Indonesian cheese cookie

About this dish

Kaasstengels, Kastengel or kue keju are a Dutch cheese snack in the shape of sticks. Owing to its colonial links to the Netherlands, kaasstengels are also commonly found in Indonesia. The name refers to its ingredients, shape and origin; kaas is the Dutch word for "cheese", while stengels means "sticks". Unlike most cookies, kaasstengels taste savoury and salty instead of sweet. In Indonesia kaasstengels, together with nastar and putri salju are the popular kue kering ("dried kue", or cookie), during festive occasions, such as Natal (Christmas) and Lebaran (Eid al Fitr). It is one of several Dutch delicacies that has been adopted into Indonesian cuisine since the colonial era.

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