In a large bowl, place the flour, butter, parmesan,fresh thyme, egg and salt and mix thoroughly with an electric mixer. The dough will take a minute or two to start to form into a ball, just keep mixing.

Once the dough starts coming together, remove it from the bowl and wrap in plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator to chill for an hour.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Once chilled, remove and place the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper and roll it into a thin layer, about ¼” thick.

Using a cookie cutter of choice (about 2” in diameter), cut circles out of the dough.

Place the cookies on a baking tray. Reroll the remaining dough until used up and cut into cookies.

Take the fresh herbs and center 1 leaf of parsley, cilantro, basil, etc in the middle of each cookie.

Gently press the herb into the cookie. If they will not stay, use a small amount of water and brush the top of the cookie and then press the herb on top and it will help “glue” the herb to the cookie.

Place the tray of cookies in the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes, the edges should be slightly golden, but do not overbake.

Remove and let cool on a rack.