When your dream suddenly comes true, and you can almost bathe yourself in these shiny, fiery, dark-green jalapeños… you can get a little crazy. I make everything jalapeño these days.

And so I made these cookies and let me tell you: this is probably the best jalapeño recipe ever from my hand.

Okay, my Cherry Coke & Jalapeño Meatballs and Chicken, Jalapeño & Cheddar Casserole are pretty good, too.

But still… these are just cheesy enough, just salty enough, and with the perfect amount of  kick.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 heaping cups wheat flour
1 stick butter (cold)
1 large egg
1 egg white
1/2 tsp curry powder
1/4 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
5 oz cheddar (spicy)
1 big ole jalapeño
1/2 tsp baking powder

Directions:

This one had stretch marks. I figured he was done growing. I can relate to that, unfortunately. Remove the seeds and give it a coarse chop.

 
One jalapeño gives a lovely kick, want the cookies spicier, just add two.
 

Grate the cheese. Or buy it pre-grated. No such things as pre-grated cheddar in our stores.

Add your flour to the food processor bowl.

In with the spices and baking powder. The curry powder will give a lovely mellow flavor as well as a slight color.

 
Want to up the flavors even more? Just experiment a little and add some oregano or thyme. Or both.
 

Add the jalapeño, cheddar, and salt as well and blitz until the jalapeño is finely chopped.

Add the cold butter, egg, and the egg white.

Blitz, blitz, and blitz. It will stay grainy at first but will all of a sudden come together and form a dough.

 
No rest for the weary. You gotta keep moving; this dough shouldn’t rest.
 

Use a rolling pin and go at it until your dough is about 3/4 to 1″ thick.

 
Feel free to make thinner cookies. This thickness is a personal preference, just make sure to adjust the baking time!
 

Make cookies in whatever shape you like. Go wild, go crazy, live a little. I didn’t. I’m beige.

Bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 400F° (200C°) for 20 to 25 minutes. Until golden brown and crunchy.

Let them cool on the rack and eat them al by yourself. They are absolutely amazing.