About the bake
The cute biscuits can be pre-made and given as a gift for loved ones to bake in their own home. Simply wrap the sausage shaped dough in baking parchment, tie the ends like a cracker with ribbon and give as a gift. Write a tag that says ‘keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks, and bake when needed'. Write down the cooking instructions from 4 - 7.
Method
Step 1:
Rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips until the mixture resembles coarse bread crumbs, alternatively do this is in a food processor.
Step 2:
Stir in the walnuts and the cheese and bring the mixture together in a sausage shape about 20 cm long.
Step 3:
Sprinkle the poppy seeds and sesame seeds over a piece of baking parchment and roll the dough in the seeds until the outside is completely coated, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
Step 4:
Preheat the oven to 180C (fan 160C, gas mark 4). Unwrap the chilled dough and slice into 12 rounds and place them on lined baking sheets, leaving a bit of room for spreading.
Step 5:
Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until lightly golden around the edges.
Step 6:
Transfer to a wire rack to cool and store in an airtight container. These are perfect as gifts either cooked or uncooked to have with Christmas drinks.
Ingredients
- 60g Butter (salted) (chilled, cubed)
- 60g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 50g Walnuts
- 60g Cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp Poppy seeds
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds
Utensils
- Food processor
- Mixing bowl
- Baking parchment
- Cling film
- Baking tray
- Cooling rack
Recipe Reviews
Made these and rolled in quinoa instead of sesame, by mistake!
Friends loved them and were happy with the roast quinoa
I’m sure that sesame would have been better - but I guess you could improvise with any variety of seeds, including ground pepper corn
This is a fabulous recipe. Have made them many times and everyone loves them. Also make them as presents as friends rave over them so much. Delicious!
These delicious morsels are a little fiddly to make but are worth the effort, however they took another 10mins to set in my oven and are very short, I might try using a small amount of beaten egg to bind it together next time, just to see if it helped, I will let you know.
Ingredients
- 60g Butter (salted) (chilled, cubed)
- 60g Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 50g Walnuts
- 60g Cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp Poppy seeds
- 1 tbsp Sesame seeds
Utensils
- Food processor
- Mixing bowl
- Baking parchment
- Cling film
- Baking tray
- Cooling rack