100 g Wheat flour or all purpose
-flour
100 g Butter; cold, in cubes
100 g Good quality cheddar cheese;
-finely grated
1 Egg yolk
1 pn Salt; if cheese is mild
1 ds Cayenne pepper
-(optional)
Sesame seeds (optional)
Herbs of choice (optional)
Rub the butter with the flour, add the cheese and stir. Add one egg
yolk and quickly form a dough. If it feels too sticky just add a
little extra flour. Rap in cling film, shape into a flat disc for
easy rolling later on and put in the fridge for 30 minutes. Preheat
the oven at 180 C / 355 F to 200 C / 390 F conventional setting,
depending on your oven.
Roll out to about 3 mm / 1-5/8" thick between two sheets of cling
film and make nice shapes with a cookie cutter. (Little fish with
your fish soup, stars for Christmas, little animals for the children,
leafs for fall etc..).
Arrange the cookies on a baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes,
depending on your oven, temper it when you think the browning is
right. When they look golden brown and crisp, take them out and leave
to cool on a rack.
