Cheese & Walnut Biscuits

Recipes

Ingredients

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.