“Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good.”
Cuban Proverb
Cuban Proverb
SAVOURY CHEESE COOKIES
A favourite savoury cookie that has a made permanent place at the kids birthday party table. It’s crisp, it’s buttery, it’s cheesy…& attractive too. I usually make these with sesame seeds on top, but this year have tried some with poppy seeds as my friend from Kiev got me a bag of poppy seeds! This recipe is adapted from one of my oft used cookie books, “The Great Big Cookie Book”. The book has a few other savoury bites too, which I plan to try in the near future.
The recipe as adapted from ‘The Great Big Cookie Book’
Ingredients:
Flour – 1 cups
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Paprika – 1/2 tsp (or chilli powder)
Butter – 1/2 cup / cold
Cheddar cheese – 75 gms / grated
Egg – 1 beaten lightly with a fork with 1 tsp of mustard
Chilled water – 1-2 tbsps
Poppy seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds to decorate
Method:
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Sift the flour + salt + paprika.
Cut in the butter into the flour mix to make a breadcrumbs like mix. Add the grated cheese and stir through with a fork.
Fold in half the beaten egg mix with a fork. (Reserve the other half of the egg for the glaze)
Sprinkle water, a tbsp at a time, and bring the mixture together to form a soft, firm dough. Knead lightly until smooth.
Preheat the oven to 200C. Grease 2 baking sheets.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to about 1/4″ thickness and cut into desired shapes.
Place on greased trays. Paint the reserved egg mixture over the cut-out cookies, sprinkle with sesame and or poppy seeds.
Bake till golden brown. (Approximately 12-15 minutes)
Remove from oven and cool on racks.
Store in an airtight box
Makes 4-5 dozen cookies.
