Cheese & Walnut Biscuits
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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.
Ingredients for this step
- Butter (salted) (chilled, cubed) (60g)
- Allinson's Strong White Bread Flour (60g)
Step 2
Stir in the walnuts and the cheese and bring the mixture together in a sausage shape about 20 cm long.
Ingredients for this step
- Walnuts (50g)
- Cheddar cheese (60g)
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.
Ingredients for this step
- Poppy seeds (1 tbsp)
- Sesame seeds (1 tbsp)
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
- 60gButter (salted) (chilled, cubed)
- 60gAllinson's Strong White Bread Flour
- 50gWalnuts
- 60gCheddar cheese
- 1 tbspPoppy seeds
- 1 tbspSesame seeds