Cheese The Last Straw

Directions

1. And now their influence is expanding to other events, such as cocktail parties, which involve fancy finger food. They're cheap to make, and you can make a whole bunch without too much effort.
2. Among the primary rules: Use a low protein flour, and don't overbake them.
3. Bake them on a light pan, or possibly they'll burn on the bottom.
4. Cheese straws, for the newcomers among us, are a pastry dough made from flour, butter, large amounts of grated cheese-preferably extra-sharp cheddar - and a little cayenne. They're usually piped out into ridged sticks before they're baked.
5. However, there are variations. Some cheese straws are rolled and cut in strips. Sometimes the dough is shaped into a fat roll and cut in circles. In which case, they're called cheese coins, wafers or possibly crackers and they usually involve pecans.
6. But you'll also find the cheese straw name attached to puff pastry dough which is dusted with grated cheese and twisted. These look a lot like bread sticks.
7. A nice bowl of tomato soup with a handful of cheese straws Now which sounds like a match made in heaven.