roosterkoekie, noun

Forms:
rooster koekje, rooster-kookieShow more Also rooster koekje, rooster-kookie, roster-kookie.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans (earlier roosterkoekje), roosterkoek (see roosterkoek) + diminutive suffix -ie.
obs.
roosterkoek sense a.
1870 E. Prov. Herald 2 Aug.I have tried my hand at baking ‘rooster koekjes’, and made a bucketful, which have turned out first-rate.
1883 J. Edwards Reminisc. 53I had..meal to fall back upon, with which to make ‘rooster kookies,’ that is, cakes without leaven, baked on the gridiron.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 414Rooster koekjes,..Cakes of unleavened bread cooked on a gridiron over the coals of a wood fire.
[1913 Hildegonda Duckitt’s Bk of Recipes (Diocesan School for Girls, Grahamstown) 59Roostje Cookies, 1lb. flour. 1 heaped tablespoon baking powder. Mix with water into a soft dough. Roll out about ½-inch thick. Cut into squares and toast on a gridiron. Serve hot with plenty of butter.]
1920 F.C. Cornell Glamour of Prospecting 51Every few days I would bake a batch of ‘roster kookies’, little flat cakes made of the same meal with a little baking-powder to make this rise, and baked over the embers on a ‘roster’, or gridiron.
1937 H. Klein Stage Coach Dust 210They filled their pockets with ‘rooster koekies’ (baked scones),..and climbed the embankment to the great steel bridge.
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