Blue Cheese Straws

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 8 ounces blue cheese
• 1 cup flour
• 1 large egg yolk (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. have 2 heavy baking sheets at hand.
• 2 cut chilled butter into chunks. combine butter, salt, crumbled blue cheese, cayenne, and flour in a food processor. pulse until a ball of dough forms. add egg yolk if the dough does not come together, and process until incorporated.
• 3 lightly dust a work surface and rolling pin with flour.
• 4 divide the dough in half. working with one portion at a time, roll out a rectangle to ¼” thick. re-dust the rolling pin and work surface as needed. fold and roll as many times (at least six) as needed to form a tidy 6 x 9 inch rectangle.
• 5 use a long, sharp knife to score the rectangle of dough, creating 18 straws (approx. 1/2” wide x 6” long). arrange close but not touching on baking sheets. repeat with remaining dough.
• 6 sprinkle lightly with kosher salt. bake one sheet at a time for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the straws just begin to brown. transfer to wire racks to cool.
• 7 store in airtight container.