Spicy Garlic Butter Cookies with Garlic Goat Cheese & Honey
2009 Gilroy Garlic Festival Cook Off Winner Andrew Barth
Cookies :
1 cup all‐purpose flour ( unbleached preferred ) ½ tsp cayenne pepper ¼ tsp baking powder 1 stick plus 3 tbsp unsalted butter , softened ¾ cup sugar 5 cloves roasted garlic ¼ tsp salt
Topping :
3 ounces goat cheese , softened 3 cloves roasted garlic Honey Hungarian paprika
Whisk together flour , bak ing powder , salt and cayenne pepper in a small bowl . Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl until pale and fluffy , about 3 minutes . Add the cloves of roasted garlic and beat for another minute or until cloves are incorporated . Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture . Mix until just combined . Form dough into an 8 ” to 10 ” log ( approximately 2 ” diameter ) and wrap it in plastic wrap . Chill dough until firm .
Preheat oven to 375 degrees .
Cut log into ¹/ 8 ” to ¼ ” slices and fill ungreased large baking sheet ( s ), arranging slices about 1 ” apart . Bake cookies until the edges are golden , approximately 12 minutes . When pulled from heat , immediately indent center of each cookie with the back of a spoon . Cool on the sheets then transfer to wire racks to completely cool .
Meanwhile , combine softened goat cheese and 3 cloves of roasted garlic in a small bowl , combining well .
Once cookies have cooled completely , add a good‐sized dollop of garlic goat cheese mixture in the center of each cookie . Drizzle some honey over each , add a dash of Hungarian paprika and serve .
Makes 20‐25 cookies
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