Cheese Straws
From cookinggood 16 years ago
- 15 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Where I grew up in the South you could not have a wedding or baby shower without Cheese Straws. I live in Florida now and most people here have never heard of them. They are GREAT and well worth the effort.
Ingredients
- 8 oz New York sharp cheddar cheese shopping list
- 1/2 cup margarine shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups plain flour, sifted shopping list
- cayenne pepper to taste (I like a good bit to give them a slow burn) shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Allow cheese and margarine to come to room temperature in a mixer bowl. In an electric mixer, cream the cheese and margarine. Add flour and cayenne pepper, mixing to form a soft dough. If dough is too sticky, add 1 or 2 more tablespoons of flour. Form dough into rolls to fit a cookie press with the ridged line opening in place. Press straws from the cookie press onto a grease cookie sheet. Cut into three inch sections. Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees on the middle rack of the oven for about 15 minutes. Cheese straws should not brown on top. Watch them carefully since they cook quickly.
- The cayenne pepper gives this recipe it's zip. Don't leave it out. This recipes freezes easily to be used when needed.
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
Sounds really good!!! :)
bakermel
in Topeka loved it
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YUM!
angelgal
in New Philadelphia loved it
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Yes, I grew up in East TN and we had these at every special get-together and for the big holidays - and they are soooo delicious and addictive. You get a high ^5 from me, hon. A classic recipe and a real keeper. Great post!
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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