Cheese Straws
Adapted from a 1950s recipe book, Cooking With Creda.
Chees Straws
150g plain flour, sifted
75g hard margarine (other fats will work just as well)
75g grated cheese (something with a little flavour is good)
salt to taste (or just a touch if you don't normally use salt)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper or chilli powder
a small amount of water
flour for rolling, fat for greasing a baking tray
Pre-heat the oven to about 200 C. Grease a baking tray. Sift the flour, cayenne pepper and salt into a mixing bowl. Cut the margarine into small pieces, then rub into the flour mixture. Stir in the grated cheese.
Add a very little amount of water and stir in thoroughly. Keep doing this until you have a dough. Roll the dough out on a floured surface to a suitable thickness, perhaps 1 cm or so. Cut into long thin straws that are about 1 cm across. Bake for 15 minutes, or until they are the texture and colour you want.
You can serve them hot or cold, though I would suggest serving them as fresh as possible, if only because why go to this bother then let them go stale when you can buy quite reasonable ones from the supermarket that will keep for weeks?
This recipe is suitable for making with a small child, and is quick and simple using ingredients one might have on hand anyway in the kitchen.
Chees Straws
150g plain flour, sifted
75g hard margarine (other fats will work just as well)
75g grated cheese (something with a little flavour is good)
salt to taste (or just a touch if you don't normally use salt)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper or chilli powder
a small amount of water
flour for rolling, fat for greasing a baking tray
Pre-heat the oven to about 200 C. Grease a baking tray. Sift the flour, cayenne pepper and salt into a mixing bowl. Cut the margarine into small pieces, then rub into the flour mixture. Stir in the grated cheese.
Add a very little amount of water and stir in thoroughly. Keep doing this until you have a dough. Roll the dough out on a floured surface to a suitable thickness, perhaps 1 cm or so. Cut into long thin straws that are about 1 cm across. Bake for 15 minutes, or until they are the texture and colour you want.
You can serve them hot or cold, though I would suggest serving them as fresh as possible, if only because why go to this bother then let them go stale when you can buy quite reasonable ones from the supermarket that will keep for weeks?
This recipe is suitable for making with a small child, and is quick and simple using ingredients one might have on hand anyway in the kitchen.
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