Cheese Straws - Easy appetizer
Buttery, flaky, pastry filled with cheesy goodness. This is the ultimate easy crowd pleaser!
Ingredients
- ½ recipe for pie crust dough
- 2-4 cups shredded aged cheddar cheese or cheese of choice. The amount depends on how many you would like to make
- pinch Salt
- Spices optional - When I make straws using mozzarella, I add garlic powder and oregano. For the aged cheddar I sprinkle over paprika.
Instructions
- Make your pie crust dough. (Depending on how many straws you want to have) I use my big batch pie crust dough but cut the recipe in half for about 35 straws.
- Preheat oven to 425 ºF (220 ºC).
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough. Turn and reapply the flour as needed to stop the dough from sticking to the counter or your rolling pin. Roll into a large rectangular shape.
- Sprinkle the cheese over one half of the dough. Fold the rectangle in half to enclose the cheese. Pinch the edges together.
- Fold the dough in half the opposite way and pinch the edges together.
- Reroll the dough out to about ¼ inch (½ cm) thickness.
- Cut the dough into strips about 1 inch (2 cm) wide.
- Onto a lined baking tray twist each strip of dough and press either side down to the tray to hold it in place.
- Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and any spices, if desired.
- Bake in a preheated oven 8-10 minutes, or until crisp and golden.
- Serve as they are, or with your favourite dip!