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Cheese & Walnut Biscuits

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5 Reviews

Total Time
25m
Prep Time
15m
Bake Time
10m
Serves 12
Serves 12
easy
Easy

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.

6 ingredients6 steps

    Method

    1. 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

      • 60gButter (salted) (chilled, cubed)
      • 60gAllinson's Strong White Bread Flour
    2. 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

      • 50gWalnuts
      • 60gCheddar cheese
    3. 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

      • 1 tbspPoppy seeds
      • 1 tbspSesame seeds
    4. 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.

    5. Step 5

      Bake in the oven for 10 minutes until lightly golden around the edges.

    6. 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 

    Utensils

    • Food processor
    • Mixing bowl
    • Baking parchment
    • Cling film
    • Baking tray
    • Cooling rack

    Nutritional information per 19g serving

    • Energy 120cal
    • Fat 10g
    • of which Saturates 4.3g
    • Carbohydrates 3.9g
    • of which Sugars 0g
    • Protein 3.1g
    • Salt 0.19g

    5 Baker Ratings

    I have made this recipe over and over again. They are delicious and have been asked for the recipe by numerous friends. I often make them as gifts too.. love them 🌞

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    Strange recipe. I had to double the amount of flour (added bit by bit) to make the dough workable. In the end I used 80g strong white and 40g wholemeal khorasan. I also substituted a mix of parmesan and red leicester for the cheddar. The biscuits needed longer cooking too. Eventually (after a couple of checks) they were ready after 25 mins. Really delicious though, and worth the extra messing about. They go really well with a glass of iced dry sherry.
    Actually, this is a completely different recipe to that suggested!

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