Recipe for Cheese Biscuits
Every end of term at my daughters’ kindergarten, finds us baking cheese biscuits for their festival. These are delicious, easy to make, light flaky mouthfuls of crunch, just like cheese straws only more fun, as you can use any shaped cookie cutter you like. We have pigs, bunnies, stars, moons, hearts, fish. They are the perfect answer to the dilemma of providing a treat snack for school feasts and festivals, that doesn’t break the school guidelines of minimising sugar but is still fun for the kids. They are also an essential item at birthday parties for my children. The last birthday had me frantically rolling and cutting out these cheese biscuits, in between trying to get a roast lunch on the table before the afternoon party. The original plan had been for the kids to do all the work, to keep them entertained and gainfully employed in the lull before the party, but the birthday girl was too busy playing with her new toys and the others too busy bemoaning the fact it was so long before their birthdays, so that I got left with the job at the last minute!
Today though I had the five year olds in charge of the cheese biscuits, kneading then rolling out and cutting out with animal shaped cookie cutters. This still required a fair amount of timely intervention, to get the dough to hold together before frustration set in and make sure my youngest got a chance to cut out some shapes without destroying her older sister’s carefully ordered scheme of things. I also had to get a batch of bread done while they were cooking, as we had finished up the last slice at lunch, but that used up the rest of my energy reserves so I settled on baked potatoes as a minimal effort supper. The oven was on anyway for the biscuits and bread so it was all in aid of energy conservation…mine and the world’s in equal measure.
Here is the recipe for the cheese biscuits:
100g/4oz finely grated cheese
50g/2oz self-raising flour
25g/1oz soft butter
pinch of cayenne pepper
For the cheese you can use a mature cheddar or 80g mild cheddar with 20g parmesan cheese. Put everything into a bowl and rub in, squidge and knead for about 5 minutes until it comes together into a soft dough. It will do, just as you are about to give up hope of it doing so unaided. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to about 2.5mm/ 1/8″ thick and cut into whatever fancy shapes you have cutters for. Bake at 200C/400F for 10-12 minutes until golden. Cool on a rack. This amount disappears very quickly, even before you’ve turned your back on them sometimes, they’re very light and moreish, so I usually make double or triple quantities for the festivals.
The cheese biscuits go down very well with adults too. At the last birthday party one father polished off a whole plateful, rather than sample the birthday cake. They would make a great accompaniment to drinks before dinner. You could cut them into long strips and give one twist to make them into cheese straws, then sprinkle them with extra parmesan or find a more sophisticated shape as a cookie cutter – the star shapes would still be good. Mind you most laid-back adults would be just as happy as the kids to be eating pigs and bunnies!
Copyright 2006 Kit Heathcock
Kit Heathcock – worked and travelled in Italy for many years, is passionate about food and loves being a fulltime mother. Co-creator of A Flower Gallery home of original flower pictures and Food and Family
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Here is a great lime Jello with pineapple recipe that uses cottage cheese instead of the heavier cream cheese. It makes a very pretty molded gelatin dessert to serve on top of salad greens, or as a nice luncheon centerpiece.
2 boxes lime gelatin
2 cups boiling water
2 cups cold water
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 (16 oz.) container cottage cheese, small curd
1 (16 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained
Miniature marshmallows
1 (12oz.) container Cool Whip
Directions
In a medium bowl, Add boiling water to the two packages of lime gelatin; stir until gelatin is dissolved completely. Pour in cold water and stir. Stir the mayonnaise into the cottage cheese. Add cottage cheese to gelatin mixture.
Mix in the pineapple and stir until gelatin begins to thicken. Pour into the Jello mold. Put in refrigerator and chill until gelatin is firmly set. Unmold gelatin onto a serving plate.
Add marshmallows to Cool Whip and then spread over top of gelatin.
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This cream cheese Jello recipe is also a popular Jello classic recipe that can be served for just about any occasion. You can’t go wrong with a lime Jello recipe that features pears, maraschino cherries and nuts. With every bite you’ll enjoy a flavor sensation of fruit, cream and nuts.
1 large package lime gelatin
1 large can pears
1/2 (4 oz.) package cream cheese
1 container Cool Whip
Maraschino cherries, cut into quarters
1/2 cup chopped nuts
Directions
Drain juice from pears. Dissolve gelatin in 2 cups of boiling water. In a blender, add gelatin mixture, pears, cream cheese, 1/2 of Cool Whip. Blend until smooth. Pour mixture in a Jello mold. Chill in the refrigerator.
Unmold the gelatin onto a serving plate. Spread remaining Cool Whip on top of gelatin. Sprinkle the chopped nuts and cherries on top.
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Here’s an easy Jello recipe that tastes just like lemon meringue pie. It’s light and quick to make. It’s also a great Cool Whip Jello recipe that will look beautiful when using an elegant Jello mold, or, served up in glass dessert dishes.
1 3/4 cups boiling water
1 (6 oz.) package lemon gelatin
3/4 cup cold water
1 (12 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
1 (12 oz.) container Cool Whip, thawed
Directions
Dissolve the gelatin in boiling water. Slowly stir in the cold water and lemonade. Chill gelatin mixture in the refrigerator until it gets thick, but not set.
In a large bowl, beat together the cold lemonade mixture and the whipped topping; beat until mixture is completely smooth and a pale yellow color. Pour gelatin mixture into a large mold.
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2 small packages orange gelatin
2 cups boiling water
1 small can frozen orange juice concentrate
2 cans mandarin oranges
1 can crushed pineapple
1 large box instant vanilla pudding
1 cup milk
1 small container Cool Whip
Directions
In a large bowl, combine gelatin, water and orange juice concentrate; chill until just firm. Mix in the mandarin oranges and pineapple on top and chill until solid.
In a medium bowl, combine the pudding, milk and Cool Whip; spread on top of salad. Chill until completely set.
Easy to make – fun to drink
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