Blue Cheese Shortbread Leaves

Vegetarian
Blue Cheese Shortbread Leaves
20 min.
20
65kcal

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Ingredients

  • ounces cheese blue crumbled
  • tablespoons butter softened
  • 0.3 cup cornstarch 
  • 0.5 cup flour all-purpose
  • 0.3 cup pecans chopped
  • 0.3 teaspoon pepper 
  • 0.3 teaspoon salt 

Equipment

  • food processor
  • baking sheet
  • baking paper
  • oven
  • wire rack
  • plastic wrap

Directions

  1. Place chopped pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet.
  2. Bake at 350 for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly toasted. Cool 30 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 32
  3. Process blue cheese and butter in a food processor 10 to 15 seconds or until creamy, stopping to scrape down sides as needed.
  4. Add flour and next 3 ingredients; pulse 9 to 10 times or until the mixture is crumbly.
  5. Add toasted pecans; pulse 9 to 10 times or until mixture forms moist clumps.
  6. Transfer mixture onto plastic wrap on a flat surface, and gather dough into a ball shape; flatten into a 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap in plastic wrap, and chill 1 hour or until firm.
  7. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Pat or roll to 1/8- to 1/4-inch thickness.
  8. Cut with 1 1/2- and 2-inch leaf-shaped cutters.
  9. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
  10. Bake at 325 for 16 to 18 minutes or until light golden brown.
  11. Transfer to a wire rack; cool 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories65kcal
Protein10.48%
Fat63.75%
Carbs25.77%

Properties

Glycemic Index
9.7
Glycemic Load
1.77
Inflammation Score
-1
Nutrition Score
1.5939130506114%

Flavonoids

Cyanidin
0.2mg
Delphinidin
0.13mg
Catechin
0.13mg
Epigallocatechin
0.1mg
Epicatechin
0.01mg
Epigallocatechin 3-gallate
0.04mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:65.16kcal
3.26%
Fat:4.67g
7.19%
Saturated Fat:2.26g
14.11%
Carbohydrates:4.25g
1.42%
Net Carbohydrates:3.97g
1.44%
Sugar:0.11g
0.12%
Cholesterol:8.77mg
2.92%
Sodium:107.99mg
4.7%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:1.73g
3.45%
Manganese:0.11mg
5.38%
Calcium:32.34mg
3.23%
Phosphorus:31.1mg
3.11%
Selenium:2.02µg
2.88%
Vitamin B1:0.04mg
2.55%
Vitamin B2:0.04mg
2.37%
Folate:8.23µg
2.06%
Vitamin A:96.89IU
1.94%
Zinc:0.26mg
1.72%
Copper:0.03mg
1.49%
Vitamin B3:0.26mg
1.32%
Vitamin B5:0.13mg
1.3%
Iron:0.22mg
1.22%
Vitamin B12:0.07µg
1.21%
Fiber:0.28g
1.12%
Magnesium:4.32mg
1.08%
Source:My Recipes