Cheese Straws

Ingredients

• half a pound of flour
• five ounces of butter
• five ounces of grated American cheese
• two eggs
• a pinch of mustard

Method

1. 1

   Mix together with your hand half a pound of flour, five ounces of butter, five ounces of grated American cheese, two eggs, a pinch of mustard, and salt and pepper to your taste.

2. 2

   When you have this in a smooth dough, lay it on your pastry board and roll it out thin, about a fifth or a sixth of an inch thick.

3. 3

   Cut it in straws four or five inches long, and bake on tin plates in a quick oven till golden brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 187. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHEESE STRAWS Mix together with your hand half a pound of flour, five ounces of butter, five ounces of grated American cheese, two eggs, a pinch of mustard

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