Zesty Cheese Straws

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I liked these, and found the dough easy to work with. It works in the cookie press much more easily if you let everything come to room temp. I had left over bits of cambozola and a blue goat cheese that I threw in too, besides the 2 c of sharp cheddar. I also upped the cayenne and added fresh pepper.

Cook for longer at 300, or go with the times others have given for 350. Mine came out very pale, so I popped them back in at 350 degrees.

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I might have liked this more if I was not going for a different type of cheese straw. I should have known when I read the recipe that this would not be what I was expecting.

This recipe has a kind of flaky pie crust texture --at least mine did-- and is much too buttery.

I'll keep searching, but I think I need to find a bread-dough based recipe.

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Easy recipe, taste great, would recommend this for all kind of events.

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I'm a Southern girl, but had never tried to make cheese straws before. This was an easy recipe, especially with a food processor and a Silpat mat. They also get better and crispier after a day or two stored in a metal cookie tin. Here is a tip that worked for me: If you are using the flat ridged tip on your cookie press, pipe out one long strip of dough onto a Silpat, then with a knife or spatula, make cuts to separate them into 2 inch strips. This turned to to be way easier than piping 2 inch sections one at a time. If they end up joined after baking, separate them again with the spatula when they are just out of the oven. As other reviewers suggested, I increased the cayenne to 1/2 teaspoon. I will also try extra sharp cheddar next time. They were a big hit at my nephews wedding!

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I tried this recipe today and it was AMAZING. Although, instead of cayenne pepper, I used a bit of Tabasco hot sauce.

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For the longest time,bought these in place of fixing up a batch and baking myself.Oh,how just about everything tastes better when that day fresh!There is no longer a reason to buy these lovely little nibbles.Be carefull,someone may put them in a hand bag and look very innocent.They truly Are so good.Glad now no longer just in Deep South.Yes,I would be the one that absconded with the "batch".

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It's 1/2 CUP butter, which is 1 stick. Several of you seem to be reading it as 1/2 stick and then wondering what went wrong.

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For some reason, in my mind I was thinking TWO sticks of butter (not 1/2 like the recipe called for. I mean, when has Paula EVER used only 1/2 stick of buttah! Anyway, my "straws" turned into "crackers", but they were delicious nonethesame! I think next time i'll use 1/2 and try to make straws.

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Awesome! My party menu/ buffet is now complete!!!

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Not sure where I went wrong, I followed the recipe as written and ended up with a sandy mess. I added another stick of butter (Paula style! and that seemed to bring it to the right consistency. Maybe this is a typo to just use 1/2 a stick of butter?