DOUBLE CHEESE STRAWS & CRACKERS
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- Number of Servings: 112
Ingredients
Directions
1 cup King Arthur 100% Unbleached White Whole Wheat Flour 0.5 tsp Salt Combine these two ingredients with your fingers. Add 1/2 of the butter, cut in cubes. Cut it into flour mix till it looks like coarse sand. 1 stick Butter, unsalted Take the other 1/2 of cold butter cubes and 1 oz each of these cheeses: 2 oz Cheddar Cheese 1 oz Romano Cheese Stir up with a fork. Reserve remaining cheddar for sprinkling. Use 2 Tbs dry instant milk and 2 Tbs ice water and shape dough into ball. If dough seems dry, add ice water a LITTLE at a time!0.13 cup Instant Nonfat Powdered Milk 1 serving Water Shape dough into ball with FLOUR ON YOUR HANDS. You should see visible butter chunks in dough. Squash dough into a rough rectangle 1 inch thick. Dust dough with flour & roll out to rectangle 1/2" thick. Then fold into a new square, three levels high. (Left over right, right over left, and front to back). Dust with flour, roll out to 1/2" thick, make the square and repeat again. Cover with plastic, set inside icebox & let dough rest 60 minutes. Have a drink. Have some coffee. Take a walk. Rest yourself. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Roll out dough to 1/8 inch thickness. For wafers, use sharp round cookie cutter. Diamonds: score dough on diagonals. Straws: strips are 1/2 X 5 inches long, twisted 2 or 3 times, with the ends pressed down to keep them from curling up. Trees: cookie cutterPlace shapes on parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Pain lightly with egg wash made from beaten whole egg:1 large Egg, fresh, whole, raw Sprinkle with one or a combination of the following:1 oz cheddar cheese grated fine1 tbsp Rosemary 3 tsp paprika, smoked (by PFLEEG) 1 tbsp Cumin seed 1 tbsp Pepper, black
Cook at 400 degree preheated oven.
Make sure dough rests in icebox for ONE HOUR for best results!!
Serving Size: Makes 112 thin straws or 50 thicker ones.
Number of Servings: 112
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user REVCORNIE.
Make sure dough rests in icebox for ONE HOUR for best results!!
Serving Size: Makes 112 thin straws or 50 thicker ones.
Number of Servings: 112
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user REVCORNIE.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 15.3
- Total Fat: 1.1 g
- Cholesterol: 4.7 mg
- Sodium: 17.8 mg
- Total Carbs: 0.8 g
- Dietary Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
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