Gouda Cookies

Wonderful savory cookie to add to a cheese or fruit platter. Recipe is from about.com's Dutch food site.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 30 cookies

Ingredients

• 1 2⁄3 cups  aged gouda cheese, grated
• 1  cup flour
• 3 1⁄2 tablespoons  soft butter
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1  pinch black pepper
• 1  pinch nutmeg

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz until the dough forms a crumbly, doughy texture. Shape into a flat disc, wrap in plastic wrap and rest in the fridge for 20 minutes.
2. Sprinkle your work surface with flour and roll the dough out thinly to 3/32" thickness (3 mm). Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter and keep rolling out the dough as required, until you have used it all up.
3. Line a cookie sheet with non-stick parchment paper and bake cookies for 10 minutes, or until slightly golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
4. Makes about 30 Gouda cookies, depending on the size of your cookie cutter.