Low-Fat Baked Cheese Sticks

photo by teresas




- Ready In:
- 53mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 4 cups corn flakes cereal (finely crushed to measure 1 cup)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 egg whites
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 (8 ounce) package lowfat mozzarella cheese (can use full fat cheese) or (8 ounce) package mozzarella cheese, strings (can use full fat cheese)
directions
- Set oven to 400 degrees.
- Lightly grease a medium pan lined with foil.
- In a large bowl, combine the crushed 1 cup cereal with the oregano and garlic salt, mix to combine.
- In another small bowl place in the flour. In another bowl thoroughly beat the egg whites with the 2 tbsp of water.
- Cut the mozzarella cheese into 12 sticks, approximately 2-3/4-inches in length.
- Dip the cheese sticks in the flour, then in the egg/water mix, then in the cereal mixture (make sure that the cheese sticks are well coated with egg mix and cereal mix, as the cheese will run out while baking).
- Arrange cheese sticks on the baking sheet.
- Allow the sticks to set for 30 minutes before baking.
- Bake in a 400 degree oven for about 8 minutes, until cheese is soft and sticks are lightly browned.
- Recipe can be doubled for more cheese sticks.
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Reviews
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Oooo gosh these were so good! I used egg beaters in place of the real egg whites to make them even more guilt-free. I dipped them in the egg, then flour, then more egg and lastly into the cereal crumbs. Only a TINY bit of the cheese oozed out while cooking. The taste of these was perfect and the very crunchy outside layer made these different from other cheese sticks. I dipped these into my favorite pizza sauce and majorly enjoyed these with my dinner tonight. These will be a regular for me...thanks so much for the recipe!
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We really enjoyed these. I did do the double dipping of the sticks and put them in the fridge like most of the reviews have suggested. Looking at the photos I think I may not have crushed my cereal fine enough. Mine held up very well until the last minute of cooking and that's when the cheese started to ooze out. I served them with some pizza sauce. Yummy. Thanks for posting.
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