Gluten Free Cheese Straws
Gluten free cheese straws as light, airy and cheesy as those you remember from your childhood! Even dairy-free if you want!
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Servings: 24 straws
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter OR vegan alternative e.g. Earth Balance® Buttery Sticks - not tub, melted
- 8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese room temperature (see my recommended vegan substitutes like Violife)*
- 280 grams 2 cups + 1 1/2 Tbs. gfJules® Gluten Free All Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ teaspoon ground garlic powder
- 1 ¼ cup - 1 ½ cups half & half or full fat milk see my recommended vegan substitutes like Ripple® Pea Protein Half & Half, at room temperature
Vegan option, also add:
- 2 teaspoons GF nutritional yeast helps brings out the cheese flavor
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Sift together the gfJules Flour, baking powder, salt, cayenne pepper, ground black pepper and garlic powder. If using vegan option, add the nutritional yeast.
- Using an electric mixer, add melted butter or vegan butter and cheese until blended. Add the dry mixture and half & half or milk slowly, beating at low speed, then continue to beat until very creamy, scraping down the sides of the bowl several times. You want this to be a wet dough so you can pipe it.
- Transfer dough into pastry bag or cookie press that is fitted with a star tip.
- Pipe 5-inch long strips about 1-inch apart from each other onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake ONE COOKIE SHEET AT A TIME, 20-25 minutes until lightly golden.
- Cool each tray for 5 - 10 minutes before serving to allow the straws to set up.
** Please keep in mind that nutrition information provided is per serving, which may vary. While we have taken care to provide you with the most accurate nutritional values possible, please note that this information may differ significantly depending on the exact ingredients and brands that you choose to use to make this recipe. Additionally, where options are given for ingredients, the resulting calculation may include all ingredient options instead of only one per line, skewing the totals significantly.