Savoury Snacks
**************Cheese Straws (quimby)
Recipe verbatim:from Link (roll over me to see where I go) 26/12/97
From "A Cajun Family's Recipe Book" by Merlin P Bodin.
0.5 cup softened butter
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
1.25 cups flour
half tspn salt
half tspn dry mustard
half tspn sage
Cream butter until soft in a blender or food processor. Add cheese &
mix well. Sift flour, salt & mustard together. Crush sage. Add all
ingredients. Form mixture into a dough using your hands. Roll onto a
floured board until a quarter inch thick. Cut into 2 inch rectangles.
Place on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in 350 degree F oven for 12
minutes or until brown on edges. Cool on rack. Straws are crisp and
break easily.
***
My Notes:
Don't bother with mustard, sage or salt - use salted butter.
350 degree F = 180 centigrade
Electric fan - more like 160 degrees.
Check after 8 mins, usually between 9 & 11 mins depending on how crispy you want them.
Measurements translate to:
Small quantity:
4 oz butter
8 oz cheese
6 oz flour
Medium quantity:
5 oz butter
10 oz cheese
7.5 oz flour
Large quantity:
9.33 oz butter
18.5 oz cheese
14 oz flour
Large quantity translated to grams:
264g butter
525g cheese
397g flour
(calculations checked 24/09/04)