Cheese Wafers

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 14 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (6 oz)
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 38 pecan halves, if desired

Recipe

• 1 in a medium bowl, beat together butter, cheese and cayenne pepper until thoroughly blended.
• 2 add flour, beating until blended.
• 3 shape dough into log about 9 1/2 inch long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter.
• 4 roll log in sesame seeds, coating completely.
• 5 wrap and refrigerate until firm, several hours or overnight.
• 6 to bake wafers, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 7 cut chilled dough into 1/4 inch slices.
• 8 place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheets.
• 9 press a pecan half in centre of each, if using.
• 10 bake 12-14 minutes or until edges and bottoms are golden.
• 11 remove wafers from baking sheets, cool on racks.