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Thursday, 22 December 2011

Cheese Straws

Cheese Straws

This is a huge party hit of mine and great to serve with drinks, a classic dish from my childhood and a favourite of my children...enjoy 
Ingredients
  • 125g plain flour
  • 140g shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 85g margarine/butter
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper or paprika
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 50ml water

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 205 degrees C. Grease or line a baking sheet with baking paper.
  2. Combine the flour, baking powder, cayenne pepper, salt, grated cheese and butter or margarine in a bowl and mix until well combined. Add water a little bit at a time to make a stiff dough.
  3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to ½ cm – 1 cm thickness and then cut strips about 8 – 10cm in length no more than 1 cm wide. Arrange the strips on the baking sheet.
  4. Bake at 400 degrees F (205 degrees C) for 5 minutes or until browned.

Makes about 24 to cater for more double all ingredients!