Haagsche+Ooievaartjes

Haagsche Ooievaartjes are crispy shortbread cookies made according to a traditional recipe and decorated with a stork. The translation into English is Hauge Storks. The Hauge is the city of storks, and the stork is the logo of the city. In the middle ages, storks were domesticated to remove fish remains at the fish market. The storks nested on or near buildings and were seen as lucky. This may be the reason these bakers decided to add a stork to their very original cookies. The Haagsche Ooievaartjes are one of a kind and are made by Hans and Frans French Bakery and Pastry Creations, or Haagsche brood- en banketbakkerij Hans en Frans, in The Hague. Interestingly, they are not sold anywhere else. The only place you can find these cookies is that specific bakery in the Hague.