Grandma Lela’s cheese pastry bites

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Chef :

Grandma Lela’s cheese pastry bites

This was one of my grandma Lela’s signature everyday treats for us kids.

Ingredient

250 g

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Leave butter at room temperature to soften or melt it In a microwave. Crumble feta cheese.

* Step 2

Combine butter, cheese and an egg in a bowl. Add salt if not using salty cheese (not needed if using feta). Add pumpkin seeds if you chose to use them. Add 1/2 of The flour and mix with a mixer. Kept adding flour until the mixture feels solid but still soft to touch. You may need a bit more than 250g because of the egg.

* Step 3

With your hands, form the dough in a ball.

* Step 4

Sprinkle the counter with flour and put the dough on it, mixing in with more flour if needed. Dust a rolling pin with the flour so it doesn’t stick to the dough. If you don’t have a rolling pin, you can just flatten the dough with your fingers.

* Step 5

Roll the dough until it’s about 1 -1.5 cm in thickness. Using moulds, cut out the dough and lay the pieces on a tray covered with baking paper.

* Step 6

It is also fun to play with various shapes - here is my niece using her play-dough moulds.

* Step 7

Combine the cut offs with your hands and repeat the process until all the dough has been used up

* Step 8

Lay the pieces on a baking tray leaving a bit of space between the them.

* Step 9

You can brush the top of the pastries with milk or egg and / or sprinkle with sesame seeds.

* Step 10

Pre-heat the oven to 200C / 220C or 390 F. Bake the pastries uncovered, not opening the oven until they start to be rosey and start smelling their delicious smell - typically 15-20 minutes, depending on the oven.