How to make Cheese Straws

cheddar cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese cuts calories while still providing flavor.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier, while margarine is often cheaper.

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cake flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber, while cake flour is often less expensive.

egg

🥗Healthier: flaxseed meal

💰Cheaper: aquafaba

Flaxseed meal can be used as a binder, and aquafaba is a cost-effective egg substitute.

Grate the cheddar cheese.

In a mixing bowl, add paprika to the plain flour and mix.

Add cubed butter to the flour mixture.

Using the tips of your fingertips, press the butter into the flour until it resembles breadcrumbs.

Add most of the grated cheese to the mixture, reserving some for topping later, and mix it in.

Gradually add water, a little at a time, mixing until a dough forms. You may not need all the water.

Pre-flour your work surface and roll out the dough until it's between half a centimeter to a centimeter thick.

Cut the rolled dough into strips of desired size.

Place the strips onto a pre-lined baking tray with baking paper.

Beat the egg and egg wash each of the cheese straws.

Top each cheese straw with the reserved cheese, adding more if desired.

Preheat the oven to gas mark 5, 190°C or 170°C fan-assisted.

Bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes until crisp.

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