Cheese Straws

7 ingredients
22 steps

Ingredients

  • 15 oz. extra sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
  • 1 1/2 sticks oleo
  • 2 c. flour
  • 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
  • 5 or 6 dashes Tabasco sauce (to taste)
  • 1 tsp. cayenne pepper (to taste)
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Directions

  1. 1
    Allow cheese
  2. 2
    and
  3. 3
    oleo
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    to
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    warm
  6. 6
    to room temperature. Sift flour, salt
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    and baking powder.
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    Mix with hands, the oleo and cheese.
  9. 9
    Add
  10. 10
    Tabasco
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    sauce, cayenne and flour; mix well. Press in cookie press
  12. 12
    or
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    chill and roll out thin and cut in shapes. Bake on
  14. 14
    ungreased cookie sheet at 300° for 10 minutes.
  15. 15
    Lower oven
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    to
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    225°
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    and
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    cook
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    until
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    crisp (about 10 minutes).
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    Makes about 120 Cheese Straws.

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