Cheese Straws

Name: Cheese Straws
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 48
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons black pepper; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) butter, softened; 0 teaspoons cayenne pepper; 946 milliliters sifted all-purpose flour; 1 Dash garlic powder; 2 teaspoons salt; 850 grams bricks sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded cold then left at room temperature

You can never have too many hor d'oeuvre recipes, so give Cheese Straws a try. One portion of this dish contains approximately 6g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 143 calories. This recipe covers 4% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 48. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up pepper, butter, salt, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Watch how to make this recipe.

Special equipment: cookie press with a star tip

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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

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Oven

Put the softened cheese and butter in the bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer. Using the heaviest mixer paddle attachment, beat until the mixture has the consistency of whipped cream, 15 to 30 minutes.

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Whipped Cream

Butter

Cheese

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Hand Mixer

Blender

Bowl

In a large bowl, sift 3 cups of the flour with the salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper and garlic powder. Gradually add the seasoned flour to the cheese mixture by large spoonfuls, beating well after each addition.

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Cayenne Pepper

All Purpose Flour

Garlic Powder

Black Pepper

Cheese

Salt

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Bowl

Add the remaining 1 cup unseasoned flour incrementally until the dough is somewhat stiff but still soft enough to be pushed through a cookie press; you may not need to add all the flour.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Lightly spray 4 cookie sheets with cooking spray. Put a portion of the dough into a cookie press fitted with the star tube and press the dough onto a cookie sheet in long strips that run the length of the pan. Repeat until the pan is full.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Frying Pan

Bake until straws are golden brown and crisp, about 20 minutes.

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Oven

With your hands or a sharp knife, break or cut the long strips into 3-inch lengths. Use a flat, thin spatula or an egg turner to remove the cheese strips from the pan. Allow them to cool on a wire rack. When they are completely cool, serve or store in a tightly covered container.

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Cheese

Egg