Savory Valentine Biscuits

Instructions

1. Using your fingers, blend Parmesan cheese and butter, until you have a fairly uniform, moist dough.
2. Add flour, Piment d'Espelette, and salt. Using your fingers again, mix to obtain a sandy consistency. There will be different sized "grains."
3. Add the egg yolks and knead until you have a homogeneous, compact dough. If the dough isn't coming together, add water, a few drops at a time, until you reach the desired consistency.
4. Split the dough in two or three pieces. Form a ball with each piece. Loosely wrap each one in a piece of plastic wrap, then flatten into a disc. Refrigerate for at least one hour.
5. Remove discs of dough from refrigerator. If they're hard, give them 15-30 minutes to soften a bit.
6. Preheat oven to 400. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat sheet.
7. Unwrap a disc of dough and place between two pieces of parchment paper. Roll out dough to approximately 1/8 inch. Put some muscle in it!
8. Use heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut crackers. Repeat with additional disc(s). My two-inch cookie cutter makes approximately 35 biscuits.
9. Bake until biscuits are golden, approximately 12 minutes. Keep an eye on them the last few minutes, as they turn quickly. Transfer biscuits to rack to cool.