Spicy Cheese "cookies"

These are SO good and SO easy, I don't know why I don't make them more often. These are savory, NOT sweet, but the method is more like making cookies than anything else, hence the name...

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Serves: 30
• Yields: 60 cookies

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter or 1  cup margarine
• 8  ounces extra-sharp cheddar cheese, grated (Use orange for these, even if you normally buy white cheddar.)
• 2  cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cayenne (more to taste)
•  pecan halves (You want pretty ones ( save the broken ones for something else.)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Cream together butter/margarine and the grated cheese.
3. Add flour and cayenne; mix until thoroughly blended.
4. Roll into marble-sized balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. These barely spread at all, so fairly close spacing is OK.
5. Press a pecan half onto the top of each dough ball to flatten to about 3/8 inch think.
6. Bake 15 - 17 minutes.
7. Cool completely before eating!