Kastengel cookies. Kastengel or Kaasstengels is one of my favorite holiday treats in Indonesia. These cheese cookies are most commonly found during festive celebrations such as Christmas, Chinese New Year or Eid Al Fitr. Kastengel is Dutch Indonesian cheese sticks or cookies. Kastengel cookies

You can have Kastengel cookies using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Kastengel cookies
  1. Prepare 150 gr of butter.
  2. It’s 1 butir of kuning telur.
  3. Prepare 1/2 sdt of garam.
  4. You need 1/2 sdt of baking powder.
  5. Prepare 250 gr of tepung terigu protein rendah.
  6. You need 1 sdm of susu bubuk.
  7. You need 50 gr of keju parut.
  8. You need of Kuning telur secukupnya untuk olesan.
  9. You need of Keju parut secukupnya sebagai taburan.
  10. It’s secukupnya of Essens vanili.

It means like in German "Käsestangen". I guess they were created by the Dutch during colonialism in Indonesia, that's why it has a Dutch name. As mentioned on previous post of Putri Salju Cookies, kastengel is also another very popular cookie among many delicacies served during those festive seasons in Indonesia (or by Indonesians live overseas even). Whilst putri salju is mainly a sweet cookie, kastengel is the opposite that it is a savory cookie with strong cheese flavor.

Kastengel cookies instructions

  1. Kocok 30 detik butter dengan garam. Lalu masukkan kuning telur lalu kocok rata..

  2. Tambahkan tepung terigu, susu bubuk, essens vanili,keju parut, aduk rata..

  3. Bentuk dengan cetakkan sesuai selera. Letakkan di loyang yang sudah diolesi dengan margarin tipis-tipis. Olesi permukaan cookies dengan kuning telur dan taburi dengan keju parut. Oven dengan suhu 180 derajat Celcius selama 20 menit hingga matang. Sajikan..

I always hesitate to attempt making kastengel cookies due to. People also refer to it as cheese sticks or cheese shortbread. As the name suggests, cheese is the most important ingredient to make these cookies. This time I wanna share with you about Kastengel cookies. Another one of my childhood favorite Chinese New Year cookies is this Kue Kastengel or Kaastangels in Dutch.