Irish Blue Cheese and Walnut Shortbread

Preparation info
  • Makes

    80

    crackers
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Crackers & Dips: More Than 50 Handmade Snacks

By Ivy Manning

Published 2013

  • About

These rich crackers combine creamy Irish blue cheese, slightly tannic toasted walnuts, and just a little swish of whiskey.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup/225 g unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 4 oz/115

Method

In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter, blue cheese, sugar, and salt on medium-high speed until fluffy, 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the whiskey, and beat to combine. Add the flour and stir on low speed until the flour is just absorbed and the dough comes together in clumps, 20 seconds. Add the nuts and stir into the dough by hand.