Sesamecheesestars Recipes

CHEESE STARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 200C, or 180C fan assisted. Grease and flour two large baking trays.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, herbs and spices. Crumble in the stock cube and stir well until evenly distributed.
• 3. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• 4. Stir in the cheese until well distributed (I find using two forks to pull apart the clumps of grated cheese is a good method).
• 5. Mix in the egg yolk with your fingers, working the mixture to a dense dough. You may need to add a splash or two of water to achieve the correct consistency - the mixture should not be sticky, but should not leave crumbs in the bowl.
• 6. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of around 5mm - this isn't too vital, but will affect cooking times.
• 7. With a star-shaped cutter, stamp out as many shapes as you can from the dough and place, slightly spaced, on the baking sheets. Re-roll the dough and repeat until you have too little left to work with.
• 8. Brush each star with a little egg white and bake in the preheated oven for around ten minutes until golden.
• 9. Remove and cool on wire trays.

SESAME CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
• Place last 5 ingredients in a small bowl.
• Leave out until room temp.
• Toast seeds on low heat in heavy fry pan stirring constantly (15 min or so).
• Work dough until well mixed.
• (I use my hands, other prefer a pastry blender.) Add seeds& mix just until incorporated.
• Roll dough on floured board until 1/8 in.
• thick.
• Use a knife and cut into squares or use (cookie) cutters to make fancier shapes.
• Place on baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Store in airtight container.

SESAME-CHEESE CRISPIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F.
• Mix flour, salt and cayenne pepper in a medium bowl.
• Cut in margarine with a pastry blender or two knives until coarse crumbs form.
• Add Cheddar, cereal and sesame seeds to bowl; mix well.
• Divide dough in half. Shape each half into a log on waxed paper. Slice dough into 1/2-inch discs.
• Arrange discs on baking sheets.
• Bake until crispies are firm and golden, about 15 minutes.

SESAME CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt and pepper in medium bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in cheese and sesame seed. Combine soy sauce and 3 teaspoons water; stir into dry ingredients.
• Add more water, a little at a time, mixing lightly until dough begins to stick together.
• Turn out dough and press together on lightly floured board or pastry cloth; roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut dough into 2 X 1 inch rectangles with pastry wheel or knife.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheets and bake at 400 degrees F. 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove crackers to rack to cool.

CHEESY STARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, stir together all ingredients except bread.
• Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Cut star shape from each bread slice with 3- or 4-inch star-shaped cookie cutter. Spread about 1 tablespoon cheese mixture on each bread star; place on cookie sheet.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bottoms of bread stars are golden brown.