Cheese Biscuits

Submitted by AussieShay

"Lovely cheesey biscuits -- perfect for a snack, with cheese and wine or for anytime you want munchies! Perfect in place of water crackers, or jatz biscuits. This recipe is from The Essential Baking Cookbook."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 40 biscuits

ingredients

• 125 g butter, cubed
• 125 g grated cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 1 cup plain flour
• 2 tablespoons self raising flour
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice

directions

1. Place all ingredients on a food processor and blatt for 60 seconds or so or until the mixture forms a ball.
2. Alternatively you can use a beater until the mixture resembles crumbs if you don't have a food processor.
3. Gently knead the mixture on a floured surface for about 2 minutes. Form the dough into a sausage shape about 3 cms in diameter and wrap in plastic wrap and freeze for 30 minutes. Remove and leave at room temperature for about 5 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 180. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
5. Slice the dough into thin slices about 3mm thick, and place on trays allowing a little room for spreading. Bake the biscuits for 9-10 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool on trays.
6. These biscuits are best eaten on the day of baking.
7. Optional: Sprinkle a little salt on the biscuits after cutting and before baking.

Reviews

[Leggy Peggy]

Oh my, what a delicious biscuit, and so easy to make. I used a hand mixer, and thin latex gloves to do the kneading -- saved a lot of mess under my fingernails. Assume you mean Aussie tablespoons (4 rather than 3 teaspoons). Also added 1/8 teaspoon of cayenne which gave a nice heat. Sprinkled salt on one tray, but it wasn't needed. I took these to work -- where they were promptly devoured.