741 - Cheese Straws
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This recipe is from Shirley McNevich's Mom's Best Recipes Vol 3. Published here with her permission.
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741 - Cheese Straws
(by Shirley McNevich)
1 3/4 cup flour
1/3 tsp. salt1/4 tsp. dry mustard
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 1/4 lbs. grated shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup softened butter
In a bowl add flour, salt, dry mustard and cayenne pepper--stir until mixed and set
aside. In a mixer add the grated sharp cheddar cheese and softened butter--beat.
Slowly add flour mixture to the cheese mixture--beat well. Dough should form a ball.
Place mixer bowl containing dough in refrigerator for 15 minutes while preheating
oven to 350 degrees. After dough has chilled, put it in a cookie gun and choose your
shape (normally cheese straws are rectangular in shape and are about 3 inches
long). Press dough through cookie gun on to greased cookie sheets. Bake 20-30
minutes at 350 degrees until the cheese straws are lightly browned and crispy.
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