Sand "hearts" with ham and cheese

Homemade chopped dough cookies with ham and cheese are a hearty, slightly crunchy snack pastry that will serve as a worthy replacement for chips or other snacks.

Ingredients

• For test:
• Butter - 120 g
• Water (ice) - 2 tbsp. spoons
• Flour - 130 g (1 cup with a capacity of 200 ml) + for working with dough
• Salt - 1 pinch
• For filling:
• Hard cheese - 200 g
• Ham - 150 g

Directions

1. Cut into small cubes or grate the butter on a coarse grater, place it in a bowl, add salt and sifted flour.
2. Knead the dough and gather everything into a ball. If the dough crumbles, add one tablespoon of ice water. Try to knead the dough quickly so that the butter does not melt from the heat of your hands.
3. Place the dough in the freezer for 20 minutes.
4. At this time, prepare the filling: grate the cheese and ham on a coarse grater.
5. Turn on the oven to preheat to 200 degrees.
6. On a rug generously sprinkled with flour, roll out the dough to a thickness of 4-5 mm. I got a rectangle about 20x30 cm.
7. Spread the cheese and ham evenly over the entire surface of the dough.
8. From two opposite sides, roll the dough into a roll to the middle of the rectangle. Make the roll not too dense - during the baking process, the dough will delaminate, and it will need space.
9. Cut the resulting roll into slices 1.5-2 cm thick and place them on a baking sheet. Form hearts with your hands.
10. Bake the sand "hearts" in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
11. The finished cookies have increased in size and are appetizingly browned.
12. Cool shortbread "hearts" with ham and cheese on a baking sheet.
13. Transfer cookies to a serving plate or cutting board.
14. Slightly crispy dough and hearty filling in the form of melted cheese and fragrant baked ham - a delicious and simple snack pastry is ready!