Spicy Cheddar Cookies

silver platter mounded with cheddar cookiesThese are always a great hit when I serve them at parties, as they’re rich and crumbly like shortbread cookies but they aren’t sweet, so they’re nice for people who don’t like sweets or are staying away from them, but they’re still, well, cookies. And there are rarely more than a few left at the end of the evening.  They’re no more labor-intensive than regular cookies, especially if you do what I tell you and roll them into balls instead of rolling them out.