Kastengel

These cheesy cookies are cheesy and crunchy! I love them very much. The original name for this would probably be Kaasstengel (double a, double s). Kaasstengel is Dutch word for cheese stick. Indonesian people probably think that less a and less s is okay too. Probably, not sure, hihi.. It's easy to make and it's cheesy and crunchy.. wait, I said that already!

ingredients
175 gr/6 oz butter (room temperature)
2 egg yolks
25 gr/0.9 oz corn flour
225 gr/8 oz all purpose flour
150 gr/5 oz grated old cheese
1 tbsp dried chopped parsley
1 tsp chicken powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg yolk for glazing + 1/2 cup grated old cheese for sprinkling

method
1. Mix the cheese and butter with a fork, add egg yolks, mix well.

2. Add the corn flour and all purpose flour to the butter cheese mixture. Also add the parsley, chicken powder and the salt. Mix well and knead the dough until it reaches the consistency of clay.

3. Flat the dough and place it in a baking sheet. Cover it with a plastic foil and store it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes.

 4. Remove the dough from the refrigerator. Preheat the oven for 180°Celcius/355°F

5. Remove the plastic foil and slice the dough into small rectangular form of 1x3 cm, 1/2 cm thick. Place the sliced dough on another baking sheet covered in baking paper.

6. Glaze or brush each one of them with egg yolk and sprinkle with grated cheese.

7. Bake cookies until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks for about 5-10 minutes. Transfer cookies to plates using a spatula, let cool completely. Cookies can be stored in air-tight containers.