Cheese+Straws+(Dalene+Bradford)


 * Cheese Straws or Wafers**

From "Joy of Cooking"

Grate or grind: 1/4 to 1/2 lb, aged cheddar cheese

Combine with: 3 to 4 TBS soft butter 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (1 tsp. Worchestershire sauce) 1/2 teaspoon salt dash of hot pepper sauce

(Tip from Dalene: have cheese //and// butter at room temperature and use hands to form the dough. //Joy of Cooking// says you get 4 dozen, but I've never gotten that many, at least as wafers.)

For straws, put just mixed dough into a pastry tube and extrude straws. Or use the 1 1/2 inch ribbon disk on a cookie press to make ribbons. Cut into 2-inch lengths.

For wafers, form the dough into 1-inch rolls. Wrap in foil and refrigerate or freeze until cold enough to slice as thin as possible, under a quarter of an inch. Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven about 12 minutes (Dalene does it at 400 degrees for 6-8 minutes).

For wafers, the dough keeps for weeks in a refrigerator or freezer and are quickly sliced and baked for unexpected guests.

Dalene Bradford