Crumbly cheese straws

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This is a great recipe to do with 9-10-year olds. They will develop mixing skills, such as rubbing fat into flour, combining ingredients and kneading, plus shaping and moulding skills to roll out and cut even straws. They will also observe how an adult safely puts food in and takes food out of the oven using oven gloves.

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The cooking skills and recipes have been developed in collaboration with the British Nutritional Foundation.

Crumbly cheese straws

Equipment

  • Weighing scales

  • Baking tray

  • Sieve

  • Mixing bowl

  • Grater

  • Palette knife

  • Flour dredger

  • Rolling pin

  • Cooling rack

Method

  • Step 1

    Preheat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6. ADULT SUPPORT.

  • Step 2

    Grease a baking tray.

  • Step 3

    Sift the flour and mustard powder into a bowl.

  • Step 4

    Add the reduced-fat spread.

  • Step 5

    Rub in the reduced-fat spread until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

  • Step 6

    Grate the cheese. ADULT SUPERVISION.

  • Step 7

    Add the cheese and a little water to the breadcrumbs, and mix with the palette knife to form a dough.

  • Step 8

    Knead lightly until smooth.

  • Step 9

    Roll out into a rectangle.

  • Step 10

    Cut into thin strips about ½ cm x 7cm.

  • Step 11

    ADULT ONLY.  Place on a baking tray and bake for 12 minutes.

  • Step 12

    ADULT ONLY.  Place on a cooling rack and allow to cool.

Ingredients

Makes:
100g
plain flour
Pinch of
mustard powder
50g
reduced-fat spread
50g
light cheddar cheese

Top tip(s)

Brush the cheese straws with water and sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds before baking.

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