Cheese Straws Recipe by Ruth Paget
Makes 24 straws
Ingredients:
-1 cup flour
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-1 cup grated cheese
-3 tablespoons cold water
-1 cup softened butter
-parchment paper for the cookie sheets
Steps:
1-Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
2-Mix the flour with the baking powder. Mix in the grated cheese and stir till well blended.
3-Add the water to the cheese mixture along with the butter and stir till a dough forms. Use your hands to roll dough into a ball, pulling in stray pieces of dough.
4-Roll out the dough and cut into ½-inch thick cheese straws.
5-Bake 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on rack. Good alone or with a beverage.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
