Cheese Straws
Submitted by: Marilyn
Attributed to: Marilyn
Category: Appetizers
Description: A classic from the past.
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 12 minutes
Servings: 8
Difficulty rating: 1
Ingredients:
1/2 pound Butter, room temperature
1/2 pound grated Sharp cheddar cheese, room temperature
3 cups All-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon Salt
3 dashes Tabasco sauce
Special tools/utensils needed:
Cookie press fitted with a star tube, cookie sheet
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Cream butter and cheese together.
Add flour, salt and hot sauce.
Put a portion of the dough in a cookie press. Use the cookie press with the star tube and run strips of dough onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake a few minutes until done and crisp but watch very closely as they will burn easily.