Sesame Cheese Stars Recipes

SESAME CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk flour, salt and cayenne; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cheese and sesame seeds. Combine 3 teaspoons water and soy sauce; stir into dry ingredients with a fork. Stir in enough remaining water until dough forms a ball. Wrap in plastic; refrigerate 1 hour or until firm., Preheat oven to 400°. On a floured surface, roll dough into a 14x11-in. rectangle. Cut into 2x1-in. strips. Place on lightly greased baking sheets. Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool.

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.

SESAME CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt and pepper in medium bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
• Stir in cheese and sesame seed. Combine soy sauce and 3 teaspoons water; stir into dry ingredients.
• Add more water, a little at a time, mixing lightly until dough begins to stick together.
• Turn out dough and press together on lightly floured board or pastry cloth; roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut dough into 2 X 1 inch rectangles with pastry wheel or knife.
• Place on lightly greased baking sheets and bake at 400 degrees F. 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove crackers to rack to cool.

SESAME CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
• Place last 5 ingredients in a small bowl.
• Leave out until room temp.
• Toast seeds on low heat in heavy fry pan stirring constantly (15 min or so).
• Work dough until well mixed.
• (I use my hands, other prefer a pastry blender.) Add seeds& mix just until incorporated.
• Roll dough on floured board until 1/8 in.
• thick.
• Use a knife and cut into squares or use (cookie) cutters to make fancier shapes.
• Place on baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Store in airtight container.

SESAME CHEESE BALL

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the cream cheese, cheddar cheese, celery, onion, garlic salt, seasoned salt and hot pepper sauce; beat until well blended. Shape into a ball; roll in sesame seeds. Cover and refrigerate. Remove from the refrigerator 15 minutes before serving. Serve with crackers.

SMOKY SESAME CHEESE LOG

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the first five ingredients until blended. Add Liquid Smoke if desired. Shape mixture into a log. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. , For topping, combine the bacon, sesame seeds and chives; roll cheese log in topping. Serve with vegetables or crackers.

SAUSAGE-FILLED STARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line each cup a mini-muffin pan with a wonton wrapper, carefully pressing each into the shape of a cup. Take care to not tear the wrapper as they will tear easily.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer 'cups' to a baking sheet; repeat until remaining wontons are all baked.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned completely, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Set sausage aside to cool.
• Stir cooled sausage, Colby cheese, green onions, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and ranch salad dressing together in a bowl; spoon into the wonton cups.
• Bake in oven until cheese has melted and is beginning to bubble, 15 to 20 minutes.

SESAME SEED CHEESE BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine the biscuit mix, cheese, sesame seed and half and half in a bowl and mix well.
• Shape into balls and place on a greased baking sheet, flaten slightly with palm of hand.
• Brush with the melted butter.
• Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until lightly browned.

SESAME CHEESE STARS

Steps:

• Sift flour and pepper into a bowl, rub in butter.
• Stir in cheese, potato and egg yolk.
• Knead gently on floured surface until smooth, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 180°C.
• Roll dough on lightly floured surface until 3mm thick.
• Use a star shaped cutter to cut into 5cm stars, press stars into seeds, place stars seed side up about 1cm apart onto greased oven trays.
• Bake for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool on wire racks.