Makes: approximately 35 Ingredients: - 150 g/5 oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting - 150 g/5 oz mature Cheddar

cheese, grated - 150 g/5 oz butter, diced, plus extra for greasing - 1 egg yolk - Sesame seeds, for sprinkling Method: 1. Place the flour and cheese in a bowl and mix together. Add the butter and rub it in with your fingertips until combined. Stir in the egg yolk and mix to form a dough. Wrap the dough in clingfilm and chill in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. 2. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Lightly grease several large baking s heets. Roll out the dough thinly on a lightly floured work surface. Cut out 6-cm /2-inch rounds with a biscuit cutter. Re-roll the trimmings to make about 35 roun ds and place them on the baking sheets. Sprinkle the sesame seeds over the top o f them. 3. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until the sables are light gold en brown. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool slightly before serving. Recipe taken from 1001 Cupcakes, Cookies and Other Tasty Treats (8.50), an impres sive collection of 1001 beautifully baked goodies that will quickly become an in dispensable guide in your kitchen. Each chapter contains a mixture of familiar f avourites and more adventurous creations, plus variations so that you can adapt a basic recipe to create something new and exciting! With a useful introduction full of hints and tips, and basic recipes to refer to, this is a must-have for a ny baker.