Cayenne Cheese Straws

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 lb flour
• 2 ounces butter
• 2 ounces grated parmesan cheese
• 1 pinch salt
• 3 dashes cayenne pepper

Recipe

• 1 mix into a paste with the yolk of an egg.
• 2 roll out to the thickness of a silver quarter, about four or five inches long; cut into strips about a third of an inch wide, twist
• 3 them as you would a paper spill, and lay them on a baking-sheet slightly floured.
• 4 bake in a moderate oven until crisp, but they must not be the least brown.
• 5 if put away in a tin, these cheese straws will keep a long time.
• 6 serve cold, piled tastefully on a glass dish.
• 7 you can make the straws of remnants of puff-pastry, rolling in the grated cheese.
• 8 cooking time is an estimate, watch carefully.
• 9 from :feeding america - whitehouse cookbook , a collection.