Bakkerij Kuijer — Restaurant in Coevorden

5 stars for their “hunebed” alone! The other 5 stars are more formalities, but it’s the hunebed that wins the internet today! My lord, what an amazing invention these things are! I say invention because when I hunted recipes, pickings were slim to none. Results were disappointing. Sad depressing photos of “hunebed brood bollen” coupled with what Drenthe is actually famous for: hunebed or “bed of the Huns”. These are peculiar man made rock formations not dissimilar to Stonehenge; and that’s precisely what the little baked treats are named after.

A delicate soft buttery cookie shell containing a caramel akin to Argentina’s Dulce de Leche with walnuts tender under all that gooey sweetness. They’re baked in classic Bundt style mini moulds and look absolutely delightful. GD these are good!

We were staying with a friend in Mantinge over 3 days. I polished off 4 ½ hunebed in that time. No shame.

Now that I’ve sampled the best thing they have on offer, I think I have it pretty clear on the recipe. Pretty much. But I’m not telling. And I hope they don’t either.

Hunebed. The sweet variety. Worth squeezing through the narrow rural roads of...

I had a very disappointing experience at this bakery café. When I ordered a coffee, the staff member handed it to me by gripping the rim the part you drink from with two fingers. This is extremely unhygienic and shows a lack of basic food handling standards.

On top of that, the attitude was cold and careless, as if customers are not...

Bij deze bakker 2 sausijsenbroodjes gehaald, gevuld speculaas en nog wat koekjes. Bij het gevuld speculaas mag er wel meer speculaas hebben, en mijn god wat waren die sausijsenbroodjes slecht, volgens mij waren ze de kruiden vergeten, ze smaakten negens naar en proefde waterig alsof ik een ingevroren broodje had gegeten. Je haalt beter een fabrieks broodje bij de supermarkt dan bij deze bakker.

Ohja vrouw achter de balie ook niet...