HERTZOG COOKIES

Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Mix together 280 gm of plain flour with 1 dsp of baking powder and a pinch of salt . Add 3 tbs of castor sugar and rub in 125 gm of margarine . Separate 3 eggs , beat 3 egg yolks and 3 tbs of water together and add to the dry ingredients , mixing to form a soft dough . roll the dough out and cut cirles to fit the base of greased patty pans lining te base of muffin holes . Now put 200gm of apricot jam in a bowl and mix with 1 dsp of plain flour , this will prevent the apricot jam from leaking during baking . Spoon a tsp full of apricot jam on to the middle of each circle od dough . In a separate bowl use your electric beaters to beat the 3 egg whites to a soft peak stage , gradually adding 315 gm of castor sugar while continuing to beat . Finally add 180 gm of desiccated coconut and spoon the egg mixture on the apricot jam filling . Bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes . Cool completely on a wire rack .