Cheese Sables

Recipe

Recipe from Cookie’s Kitchen- Adapted from The Big Book of Baking

Yields about 35 biscuits

Ingredients

150 g Plain flour

150 g Mature Cheddar cheese, grated

150 g butter diced

1 egg yolk

1 tsp White pepper

1 tsp Oregano/Thyme (optional)

sesame seeds for sprinkling

Method

Put all the ingredients except the seame seeds in a food processor fitted with the blade and pulse till the dough comes together. Alternatively you can mix the cheese and flour by hand and then add the diced butter and rub with your fingertips until combined. Add the pepper, oregano and egg yolk and mix to form a dough. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and let it chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.Preheat the oven to 200 C. Line a few baking trays with baking paper. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface. Using a cookie cutter cut out 6 cm rounds, re rolling the trimmings to make about 35 rounds.Place the rounds on the baking tray and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Bake in the pre heated oven for 10 minutes until the sables are golden in colour. Transfer the sables to a cooling rack and leave to cool slightly before serving.