Gluten-Free Cheese Straws
photo by jude503
- Ready In:
- 27mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
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24 cheese straws
ingredients
- 4 ounces cheddar cheese, grated
- 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup cornstarch
- 1⁄3 cup potato starch
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon xanthan gum
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 tablespoons cream
directions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, combine and mix well, butter, cornstarch, potato starch, ground red pepper, xanthan gum, and salt.
- Mixture will be crumbly.
- Add cream and beat until smooth.
- Add cheese and mix until dough is almost uniform in color.
- Roll out or pat the dough to 1/4" thickness (unfloured surface).
- If the dough is too sticky to work with, refrigerate it for a few minutes or so.
- Cut into thin straws and place on a greased baking sheet.
- Bake about 12 minutes.
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Reviews
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We love these. We prefer to use sharp cheddar or even extra sharp chessar for the flavor. We also like to use this to replace the Cheez-its in Chex Mix. We roll them out very thinly, cut on baking sheet, but not seperate and then bake. If you add a few drops of food coloring, then they don't look anemic in the cereal mix. I've never used cream- I use whole milk (but use a little less) and increase the butter a bit.
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I ran out of cornstarch so ended up using half white rice flour and half cornstarch. I tried piping them with a star tip for better presentation but the dough is too stiff. And I ended up cutting them in half also, otherwise most of them would have broken anyway...I'd recommend cutting them maybe 4 inches long or so. Doubled the recipe and actually made it in about 30 seconds in my food processor! Will be doing this again...maybe cutting with a biscuit cutter next time....
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
GinnyP
Seattle, Washington