Cheese cookies

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 4 ounces cheddar cheese, finely grated
• 1 1/8cup flour
• pinch dry mustard
• pinch garlic powder
• pinch cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. Cream butter. Add cheese and spices.
2. Add the flour, half at a time.
3. Divide dough into halves. Make two 8” cylinders. Chill until firm.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 baking sheets.
5. Cut ¼” cookies from the cylinders. Place 1” apart on baking sheets.
6. Bake 12-14 minutes, until set and barely golden around edges.
7. Cool on wire racks.

Makes 40.