My sister in-law had her 50th birthday this week and with that in mind, and knowing she was going to have a party to celebrate, she asked if we could make something cheesy for her guests.
William, as always, was keen to show what he can do and after some discussion he decided that he wanted to make some cheese biscuits; that was until he saw some cheese straws on Instagram whilst looking over my shoulder.
Budget Food Mummy had not long ago made some and posted her fabulous recipe; of course this meant that William had to have an attempt at making them after our food battle with our Easter Crème egg cake. (We won by the way)
We did double up on ingredients than what was written as we wanted to make 30.
Ingredients
250g cheddar cheese, grated
100g butter, soft and cubed300g self raising flour, plus extra for dusting
150 ml milk
We started by preheating the oven at 180c and greasing the tins.
William started by carefully measuring the self raising flour, which he wanted to use, instead of plain to make it more crumbly texture at the end.
(He learnt about this when we were experimenting with different types of flour)
He then shook the flour through a sieve into a prepared mixing bowl.
He then measured out the 100g of butter and placed it into the bowl with the flour.
Although the recipe had a suggested about of cheese to use, William decided to empty as much in as possible with his logic being "you can't have too much cheese" in to the bowl with the flour and butter. (He emptied the 300g bag)
Next, William mixed up the ingredients together with his hands and then made the mixture into breadcrumbs. He found it useful to get handfuls and rub his hands together but whatever works for you!
Once the ingredients were fully mixed he decided to measure out the milk.
He carefully and slowly added the milk to the breadcrumbs. He only poured a small amount of milk in at a time and with his hands started to mix into a ball.
He continued this until all of the dough had formed together. He then used some flour to dust the surface and start to roll the dough out flat.
William always enjoys starting from the middle and pushing to dough out. He then rotates and repeats until the mixture is flat, thin and even.
Using a baking tin he cut his rolled out dough into a square. He then, with a ruler, methodically cut lines down the dough, using the thickness of the ruler as his guide/ (They were about 3-4cm thick)
Using the ruler again, he cut across the middle to create 24 individual strips. Using the leftover dough he had after cutting the square originally, he repeated the previous processes and formed another 6 strips.
Carefully William placed the ends of each strip and started to twist them between his fingers and placed them individually on the prepared tins.
I then placed them into the oven for 15 - 20 minutes.
William was keen to let me know what to look out for in the oven. He wanted them to rise and "inflate" as well as looking for them to be golden brown in colour.
Once cooked we took them out of the over and allowed them to cool.
After sampling some ourselves, of course, we then packed them up for the party.
So what do you think? Would you give these ago? By yourself or with your child?
Let us know!
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