Southern Cheese Straws
Quick answer
- Total time
- 70 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 10 servings
- Ingredients
- 5
About this dish
Sharp cheddar is worked through the whole dough, which is piped from a cookie press into long savory straws with a faint cayenne heat at the end.
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The butter and cheese need to be soft enough to dent with a finger, or the dough will not come through the press. The recipe relies on self-rising flour, with its own salt and leavening, so plain flour is not a straight swap.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Preheat to 175°C.
Finely grate cheese and sift flour with salt and cayenne.
- 2
Beat butter and cheese together, then add flour gradually on low speed.
Scrape the bowl and mix about 5 minutes until creamy enough to press.
- 3
Use a star-tip cookie press to form about 30 sticks, each 7.5 cm long, on two ungreased trays.
Leave at least 1.5 cm between them.
- 4
Bake one tray at a time for 10-15 minutes until edges are lightly golden.
Rest on the tray 3 minutes, then cool on a rack at least 20 minutes.
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- Southern Cheese Straws
Paula Deen · Checked: 2026-09-26
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