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Cottage Cheese Puffs
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Ingredients:
– 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for sprinkling
– 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
– 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold Real California unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
– 1 cup Real California cottage cheese
– 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves, plus more for sprinkling
– Coarse or flaked salt, for sprinkling (optional)
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Directions:
Prep time: 25 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Line two large cookie or baking sheets with parchment.
Meanwhile, in the bowl of a food processor, combine flour and fine salt. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles a coarse meal. Add cottage cheese and rosemary and pulse until mixture begins to come together.
Transfer mixture to a lightly floured work surface and knead a few times to form a dough. Roll dough to 1/4-inch thick and sprinkle with rosemary and coarse salt, if using, lightly pressing them in. Use cookie cutters or a sharp knife to cut into shapes.
Transfer to the prepared cookie or baking sheets and bake until golden brown, about 10 minutes.
Yield: Approx. 3 dozen, 2-inch puffs
Recipe/Photo credit: Jill Hough for the California Milk Advisory Board
Adapted from “Cottage Cheese Puffs” recipe, Country Cooking with Flair Cookbook, CMAB © 1975.
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