Crispy Cheese Cookies

👨‍🍳 Method

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

   ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven

   💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
2. 2
   Rub the cold butter cubes into the flour and baking powder with your fingertips, to a crumbly mixture.

   Bowl

   💡Work quickly while the butter is still cold: butter that melts in your hands makes a hard cookie instead of a crumbly one. Knead only until the dough comes together.
3. 3
   Add the cheese, salt, oil and egg and knead lightly, just until a uniform dough forms.
4. 4
   Roll out the dough on a floured surface to 4 mm thick, cut out rounds and arrange on the baking sheet, spaced apart.

   ⚙ Rolling Out DoughRolling pinCookie cutterBaking pan

   💡Roll from the center outward and give the dough a quarter turn between rolls: this keeps it even in thickness and stops it sticking to the counter. If it springs back, cover for 10–15 minutes and try again.
5. 5
   Sprinkle sesame over the cookies.
6. 6
   Bake 20–22 minutes, until the cookies are golden and crisp.

   ⚙ BakingOvenBaking pan

   💡Take the cookies out while they still look soft: they firm up as they cool, and long baking dries them out.

   💡Check by the cue (until…), not just the clock: every oven bakes a little differently.
7. 7
   Cool completely on the pan: the cookies firm up as they cool.