Gouda Cookies Recipes

GOUDA COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place all ingredients in a food processor and blitz until the dough forms a crumbly, doughy texture. Shape into a flat disc, wrap in plastic wrap and rest in the fridge for 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle your work surface with flour and roll the dough out thinly to 3/32" thickness (3 mm). Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter and keep rolling out the dough as required, until you have used it all up.
• Line a cookie sheet with non-stick parchment paper and bake cookies for 10 minutes, or until slightly golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool on a wire rack.
• Makes about 30 Gouda cookies, depending on the size of your cookie cutter.

SMOKY, CHEESY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine butter, Gouda cheese, Cheddar cheese, sea salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a food processor; pulse until butter is in bits and the mixture forms small curds. Add flour; pulse until dough looks moist and forms large popcorn-sized curds.
• Turn dough out onto a flat surface; knead gently just until it comes together and you can shape it into a ball. Divide into 2 pieces. Pat each piece into a disk.
• Place 1 disk between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Roll to a thickness of 1/4 inch. Repeat with second disk. Stack sheets of dough on a baking sheet. Freeze until firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Peel parchment paper off 1 sheet of frozen dough. Cut into cookies using a 1 1/2-inch-diameter cutter; arrange 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with the second sheet of dough.
• Bake cookies in the preheated oven until lightly golden on the bottom, about 9 minutes. Rotate baking sheet. Continue baking until bottoms are golden brown and tops are lightly golden, about 5 minutes more. Cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool completely, about 10 minutes.
• Gather dough scraps, roll to a thickness of 1/4-inch, and freeze until firm, about 15 minutes. Cut into cookies and bake.

APPLE GOUDA CHEESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
• In a glass measuring cup, whisk olive oil and egg together until combined. Whisk in vanilla. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, ginger, baking powder, salt, and oats. Stir in raisins.
• Peel and core apple(s) and then shred.
• Shred the Gouda cheese.
• Add both the shredded apple(s) and Gouda cheese to dry ingredients, stir in gently until mixed.
• Add the combined olive oil, egg, and vanilla to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
• Drop medium-sized spoonfuls on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 15-17 minutes or until cookies are golden brown, then remove from oven. They will be very soft when first removed from the oven.
• Let cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes to continue to firm up before transferring to a cooling rack to continue to cool to room temperature.
• Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.