Cheese Straws - Gluten Free

For this Flash Back Friday, I was browsing through some of my first posted recipes and wondered at how quickly the last seven years have flown by.

I recently redid my Cheese Straws recipe using my own flour mix and found that the dough was much easier to handle.

• 3/4 cup Julie's Flour Mix 
• 1/4 cup potato starch (not flour) 
• 1/2 tsp xanthan gum 
• 1 tsp dry mustard 
• 1/2 tsp salt 
• 1/2 cup butter 
• 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese 
• 1 tsp gluten free Worcestershire sauce 
• 3 tbsp water 
• sweet rice flour for handling dough

1. Blend together all dry ingredients in mixing bowl 
2. Cut in butter and cheese until mixture crumbs are uniform 
3. Stir Worchestershire sauce into the water 
4. Add liquids to flour mixture and using your hands work into a dough ball (use a little more water if necessary) 
5. Dust working surface with sweet rice flour and roll dough into a thin sheet (about 1/8 inch thick)   Covering the dough with plastic wrap makes the rolling easy. 
6. Cut into strips 1/2 inch wide by 6 or 6 inches long (longer is too difficult to twist since gf dough is not stretchy) 
7. Holding the strip in your left hand twirl it into a tube with your other hand.  You might find it easier to do another way .
8. Place twists on a parchment covered baking sheet 
9. Bake at 425 degrees for about 10 minutes.  Do not over bake.