Cheese Straws - cooking recipe

Ingredients

15 oz. extra sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
1 1/2 sticks oleo
2 c. flour
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
5 or 6 dashes Tabasco sauce (to taste)
1 tsp. cayenne pepper (to taste)
1/2 tsp. salt

Preparation

Allow cheese
and
oleo
to
warm
to room temperature. Sift flour, salt
and baking powder.
Mix with hands, the oleo and cheese.
Add
Tabasco
sauce, cayenne and flour; mix well. Press in cookie press
or
chill\tand roll out thin and cut in shapes. Bake on
ungreased\tcookie\tsheet at 300\u00b0 for 10 minutes.
Lower oven
to
225\u00b0
and
cook
until
crisp (about 10 minutes).
Makes about 120 Cheese Straws.