i saw another recipe with baking soda and was wondering about the drastric difference in a recipe with and without baking soda. i will make thinner next time knowing they hold up so well. the sticks held up beautifully with no breakage and had a cracker/cookie consistency. i am not sure how long i baked them for but it was at 350 convection oven and i watched them until barely golden. i placed on parchment and rolled the strips more round. i refrigerated for 30 to stiffen dough a bit and rolled it out to about 1/3 inch and used a pizza cutter to cut into strips. i had to use another 1/2 stick of butter to make the dough come together, and to make it more cheesy, i subbed out some grated romano and used 1 teaspoon cayenne. It also gives you a chance to adjust your cooking temp and time since everyone's ovens are a little different. This will allow you to figure out how thin/thick you want your cheese straws to be. Break it into smaller fist-size dough balls and do several batches. Don't try to roll out the entire dough mixture at once. Mold the dough by hand for about 10 min and it will be ready to roll out (something my grandmother taught me). I used an electric mixer to cream the cheese and butter, but I mixed the dry ingredients in by hand.
shred the cheese cold and allow the butter and cheese to come to room temp before you cream them.
BAGGED SHREDDED SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE RECIPES CRACKER
TIP - use Cracker Barrel extra sharp and don't buy pre-shredded cheese.
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