Walnutcheesewafers Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Put the walnuts in a food processor and chop finely.
• Remove and set aside.
• Add flour plus the extra 1 tbs of flour, salt & pepper to the processor bowl.
• Cut the butter into small pieces and add to the flour mixture.
• Mix in short bursts until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
• Coarsely grate in cheese, add the reserved walnuts and mix quickly to form a dough.
• Turn mixture on to a lightly floured surface and roll out thinly.
• Using a 2 1/2 in round cookie cutter cut the dough into rounds and place on baking trays.
• Brush the tops with beaten egg.
• Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for about 10 minutes until golden.
• Cool and store in airtight container.

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, beat together butter, cheese and cayenne pepper until thoroughly blended.
• Add flour, beating until blended.
• Shape dough into log about 9 1/2 inch long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
• Roll log in sesame seeds, coating completely.
• Wrap and refrigerate until firm, several hours or overnight.
• To bake wafers, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut chilled dough into 1/4 inch slices.
• Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• Press a pecan half in centre of each, if using.
• Bake 12-14 minutes or until edges and bottoms are golden.
• Remove wafers from baking sheets, cool on racks.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• For Bottom Layer mix ingredients and press into 9 X 13 pan greased with butter Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown.
• For Top: Mix ingredients together and spread on top of cooled bottom layer.
• Bake 350 F for 25 minutes till golden brown.
• Let cool till set and cut into squares.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a medium sized bowl sift together the flour and baking powder.
• With a pastry blender, cut in the butter and cheese.
• Add the water and mix well.
• Pinch off dough and roll into balls.
• Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Using a fork, press to flatten.
• Bake for 10 minutes.
• Sprinkle the wafers with paprika if desired.

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the eggs, brown sugar and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the egg mixture. Stir in walnuts. , Pour into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until bars pull away from edges of the pan. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• 1 In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, cheese, and salt. With a pastry blender or a fork, blend in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the nuts. 2 In a small bowl, beat together the milk and egg. Pour the mixture over the dry ingredients and stir just until moistened. Add more milk, a teaspoon or so at a time, if needed to moisten the dough. Squeeze the dough together and form it into a ball. 3 Cut the dough into two equal pieces. Shape each piece into a 7-inch log and place each on a sheet of plastic wrap. Wrap tightly and refrigerate until firm, 4 hours up to overnight. 4 Place a rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Butter two large baking sheets. 5 Cut the logs into 1/4-inch slices and arrange the slices 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake until the biscuits are lightly browned around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool. Serve at room temperature. Store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks. From "1,000 Italian Recipes." Copyright 2004 by Michele Scicolone. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Cut butter into flour.
• Add cheese and seasonings.
• Fold in cereal.
• Drop by small spoonfuls on ungreased cookie sheets and flatten with back of spoon.
• Bake for 10-15 minutes.
• Don't let them get too brown!

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients and shape in 1-inch balls.
• Arrange about 2 inches apart on baking sheet and bake in very hot oven (450 degrees F.) about 6 minutes.
• Serve hot or cool.

Steps:

• Combine all dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
• Cut in shortening until the size of little pebbles.
• NOTE: I often grate frozen butter and stir it in with a fork rather than cutting in shortening.
• Mix in grated cheese with a fork.
• With a fork, stir in worchestershire sauce.
• Add ice water and quickly stir into a ball.
• Knead with hands, adding more ice water as needed, until smooth and pliable like pie crust dough.
• Do not handle any more than necessary.
• Divide dough in half and form into 2 logs about 1-1/2 inches in diameter and 8 inches long.
• Wrap in waxed paper.
• Place in airtight container (such as a zip bag) in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
• These can be made days ahead.
• When ready to bake, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Grease cookie sheets.
• Slice wafers off log and flatten to desired thinness (about 1/8 inch.
• Bake about 10 to 12 minutes or until starting to lightly brown.
• Let cool just slightly on cookie sheet to firm up; but best when served warm.