Cheese Fingers

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• } teaspoon salt
• 4 cup boiling water
• + cup flour
• 4 cup grated cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 egg white
• Few grains cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Put butter and water into a saucepan and when boiling point is reached, add flour, all at one time, salt and cayenne, and stir until mixture cleaves from sides of pan.

2. 2

   Beat in the cheese, egg unbeaten, and white of egg unbeaten.

3. 3

   Shape mixture three inches long by one-half inch wide on a buttered sheet.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with grated cheese and bake, fifteen minutes, in a moderate oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from What to Have for Dinner (1905) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, page 70. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESE FINGERS. 2 tablespoons butter } teaspoon salt 4 cup boiling water Few grains cayenne + cup flour 1 egg 4 cup grated cheese 1 egg white

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