Pimento Cheese | Vanilla Lemonade

I saw the cookies first, and knew I had to make pimiento cheese so I could make the cookies. I’m a sucker for crackers, crisps, biscuits, ect- especially when Sweet meets Savory! These cookies are delicious- if you prefer substitute the strawberry preserve for another- raspberry or lingonberry would be great! You could even use your basic grape jelly- who doesn’t love cheese and grapes!

Southern Treats

Pimento Cheese and Strawberry Jam Cookies Mise En Place

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup refrigerated pimento cheese
1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped
1/4 cup butter, softened
4 tablespoons strawberry preserves

Preparation

1. Beat together flour and pimento cheese at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer 1 minute. Add pecans and butter; beat until blended. Wrap dough in plastic wrap; chill 2 hours.

"Off the Hook" Dough Ball

Roll the dough thin for a crisper cookie

2. Preheat oven to 400°. Place dough on a well-floured surface, and roll to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut into 48 rounds with a 2-inch round cutter, rerolling scraps once. Arrange half of rounds 2 inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets; spoon 1/2 tsp. strawberry preserves onto center of each round, and top with remaining rounds, pressing edges to seal.

Just a Dollop of Jam

3. Bake at 400° for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on baking sheets 10 minutes; transfer to wire racks, and cool completely (about 30 minutes).

Cheese, Spice and Jam- Great Combination!

This recipe is from Pawley’s Island Specialty Foods, Palmetto Cheese, Pawley’s Island, SC. Found in Southern Living.

: Whenever a rolling pin is involved, good things follow!

Sweet Southern Beauties………………….

Pimento cheese in the south is a staple. Every southern cook has “the best” recipe, kind of like chili, meatloaf, and BBQ sauce!

Pimento Cheese, Pate of The South!

Southern Living recently ran a compilation of Pimento Cheese recipes from acclaimed Southern Chefs- I adapted Louis Osteen’s recipe. I somehow feel I have an attachment to him as I had a college roommate that worked at one of his restaurants, and I walked by the namesake restaurant daily. As a college student, I only had the opportunity to walk by Louis’s, never dine!