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Cheese Straws
Recipe By: Dora Vinson
8 ounces extra sharp cheese
1/4 tsp. red pepper
2 cups flour, self-rising (x) sifted
2 sticks butter or margarine
2 tbsp. water, cold
Preheat oven to 375 F.
Grate cheese and have both cheese and butter/margarine at room
temperature. Cream together well, adding cold water. Add flour and red
pepper, folding flour into mixture until mixture is not sticky (this may
or may not require more than 2 cups of flour.)
Refrigerate until firm. Put into a cookie press and squeeze out 4 inch
straws onto aluminum foil-lined, Pam-sprayed cookie sheets. Bake at 375 F
until lightly brown (about 10-12 minutes.) Store in an airtight container.
Crabby Mushrooms
Yield: 8 servings
1 c Crab meat
1 tbsp. Bread crumbs
1 tbsp. Onions, minced
1 tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated
1 tsp. Salt
2 tbsp. Parsley, minced
12 Mushroom stems, chopped fine
12 Mushroom caps
1 Egg, beaten
Louisiana hot sauce, to taste
In a bowl, mix crabmeat, bread crumbs, onion s, cheese, salt, parsley, and
chopped mushroom stems. Add beaten egg and hot sauce, to taste. Stuff
mixture into mushroom caps. Bake at 300 degrees until tender, 15 to 30
minutes. Serve it hot.
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