# The best Dutch cookies

Stroopwafels, speculaas, gevulde koek and kletskoppen: the best-known cookies from the Dutch cookie tin.

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- Feb 1, 2022 · Noor Mulder
- https://even.best/en/l/3288/the-best-dutch-cookies

## Top 19

1. **Stroopwafel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two thin waffles with a syrup layer, from Gouda.
2. **Speculaas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spiced cookie, especially around Sinterklaas.
3. **Gevulde koek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Large round cookie filled with almond paste.
4. **Kletskop** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thin crispy almond cookie, known from Leiden.
5. **Bokkenpootje** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Almond meringue cookie with buttercream and chocolate tips.
6. **Arnhemse meisjes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oval puff pastry cookies with sugar, from Arnhem.
7. **Fryske dumkes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Frisian cookies with anise and hazelnut.
8. **Janhagel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Flat cookie topped with flaked almonds and pearl sugar.
9. **Bitterkoekje** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Almond cookie with a bitter-almond flavour.
10. **Sprits** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Piped butter cookie, often dipped in chocolate.
11. **Roze koek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cake topped with pink fondant.
12. **Jodenkoek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Large, thin shortbread cookie.
13. **Kerstkransje** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ring-shaped Christmas cookie hung on the tree.
14. **Krakeling** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Figure-eight sugar cookie.
15. **Maria biscuit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Round, dry biscuit to go with tea.
16. **Kaakje** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Simple, dry biscuit.
17. **Oatmeal cookie** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Oatmeal cookie.
18. **Ladyfinger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ladyfinger, also used for tiramisu.
19. **Cheese butterfly** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Savoury butterfly-shaped cheese puff pastry.

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