Cheese straw twists

 
                            Cheese Straw Twists
 
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 Serving Size  : 48    Preparation Time :0:00
 Categories    : Breads                          Holiday
 
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
      2/3           cup  grated Parmesan cheese
   1         tablespoon  paprika
   1       17 1/4 ounce package  frozen puff pastry -- thawed
   1                     egg -- slightly beaten
 
 Heat oven to 425º. Line 2 cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or
heavy br
 own paper. Mix cheese and paprika. Roll 1 sheet of pastry into rectangle, 12
× 1
 0 inches, on lightly floured surface with floured cloth-
 covered rolling pin.
 
 Brush pastry with egg. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of the cheese mixture. Press
  cheese mixture gently into pastry. Turn pastry over. Repeat with egg and chees
 e mixture. Fold pastry lengthwise in half.
 
 Cut pastry crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. Unfold strips and roll each end in o
 pposite directions to twist. Place twists on cookie sheet.
 
 Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Repeat with remaining she
 et of pastry, egg and cheese mixture. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Se
 rve warm or cool.
 Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an approved 
 Betty Crocker® Recipe.
 
 Copyright:
   "© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
 Yield:
   "48 Twists"
 
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 Per serving: 63 Calories (kcal); 4g Total Fat; (61% calories from fat); 1g Prot
 ein; 5g Carbohydrate; 5mg Cholesterol; 47mg Sodium
 Food Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1 Fat; 0 
 Other Carbohydrates
 
 NOTES : These easy bread sticks are welcome additions to your bread basket-the 
 crisp-tender morsels will melt in your mouth! For a peppery twist, mix 2 teaspo
 ons cracked black pepper with the Parmesan cheese mixture. To serve as appetize
 rs, cut the twists in half before baking.
 Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 27140 0