Cheese-puff Pastry Hors D’oeuvre Rounds

Here’s a perfect base for an elegantly topped appetizer, an unusual pizza snack for the kids, or a mid-morning cream cheese schmear.

1 recipe of Pamela’s Cheese Puff-pastry Dough (below), prepared using Pamela’s Wheat-free Bread Mix

Dust work surface and rolling pin with Pamela’s Wheat-free Bread Mix and roll out dough to a thickness of 1/4-inch. Cut in rounds and arrange on a parchment-lined or lightly oiled baking sheet. Let rounds rest on baking sheet for 60 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 375°. Bake crackers in preheated 375° oven for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown and crispy. Pile high with goat cheese and roasted red peppers, or olive tapenade.

Pamela’s Cheese-puff Pastry Dough

This versatile appetizer dough transforms itself into a tasty variety of delicious hors d’oeuvres for all your entertaining needs.

2- 1/2 cups Pamela’s Wheat-free Bread Mix, plus additional mix for rolling
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
3/4 cup small curd cottage cheese at room temperature
Yeast packet enclosed in Pamela’s Wheat-free Bread Mix
1/2 cup warm water
1 teaspoon sugar

Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water and let stand until bubbling, about five minutes. Combine unsalted butter and cottage cheese. Mix Pamela’s Wheat-free Bread Mix with yeast solution and cheese mixture into a dough. Use dough to make Cheese-puff Hors D’oeuvre Rounds (above).