Cheesy Stars Recipes

CHEESY STARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, stir together all ingredients except bread.
• Spray cookie sheet with cooking spray. Cut star shape from each bread slice with 3- or 4-inch star-shaped cookie cutter. Spread about 1 tablespoon cheese mixture on each bread star; place on cookie sheet.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until cheese is melted and bottoms of bread stars are golden brown.

CHEESE STARS

Steps:

• Unroll the pastry and sprinkle most of the cheese over one half of the sheet. Fold the pastry in half to cover the cheese and seal it in.
• Dust your rolling pin and work surface with a little flour and put your pastry sheet on it. Roll it out until doubled in size.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and line two baking sheets with baking parchment.
• Using cookie cutters, cut the pastry into shapes and put them on the prepared baking sheets. (Put the cutters on the dough close together so that less pastry is wasted. You can fold the trimmings back on themselves and re-roll to cut out more shapes.)
• Brush the shapes with milk and add a pinch of cheese and a sprinkling of your chosen topping, if using.
• Bake in the oven for 10-12 mins or until risen and golden, then transfer to a serving plate. Will keep in an airtight container for 3 days.

SAUSAGE WONTON STARS

Steps:

• Lightly press wonton wrappers onto the bottoms and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. Bake at 350° until edges are browned, about 5 minutes., In a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink, breaking into crumbles; drain. Stir in the cheese, peppers, onions and salad dressing. Spoon a rounded tablespoon into each wonton cup. Bake until heated through, 6-7 minutes.

CHEESE STARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 200C, or 180C fan assisted. Grease and flour two large baking trays.
• 2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, salt, herbs and spices. Crumble in the stock cube and stir well until evenly distributed.
• 3. Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• 4. Stir in the cheese until well distributed (I find using two forks to pull apart the clumps of grated cheese is a good method).
• 5. Mix in the egg yolk with your fingers, working the mixture to a dense dough. You may need to add a splash or two of water to achieve the correct consistency - the mixture should not be sticky, but should not leave crumbs in the bowl.
• 6. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of around 5mm - this isn't too vital, but will affect cooking times.
• 7. With a star-shaped cutter, stamp out as many shapes as you can from the dough and place, slightly spaced, on the baking sheets. Re-roll the dough and repeat until you have too little left to work with.
• 8. Brush each star with a little egg white and bake in the preheated oven for around ten minutes until golden.
• 9. Remove and cool on wire trays.

PET TREAT: CHOW CHOW CHEDDAR STARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚ F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Combine the powdered cheddar, honey, applesauce and egg in a large bowl. Add the rice flour and mix with a rubber spatula until combined. Turn out the dough onto a floured surface and roll out until 1/4 inch thick. Cut out stars with a 3-inch cookie cutter.
• Arrange the stars on the baking sheet. Bake until lightly browned on the bottom, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer the stars to a rack and let cool completely.

CHEEZY POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large baking dish, mix together potatoes, soup and sour cream. Mix in cheese and butter. Salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Top the mixture with potato chips.
• Bake 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mixture is bubbly and lightly brown.
• Remove from oven and let stand 15 minutes before serving.

CHEESY STARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Use the large cookie cutter to cut stars from tortillas. Kids love this part! make it easier for them by letting them roll a rolling pin back and forth over the cutter. Bake the stars on a foil-covered cookie sheet for 4-5 minutes. Use the smaller cookie cutter to cut out an equal number of cheese stars from the sliced cheese. Place a cheese star on top of each baked tortilla star and bake for 1-2 more minutes until cheese is slightly melted. Sprinkle stars with chili powder or paprika. Allow them to cool before serving.