Cheese Straw Twists

Cheese Straw Twists

Ingredients:
2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon paprika

Directions:
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 brown paper. Mix cheese and paprika. Roll 1 sheet of pastry into
rectangle, 12 × 10 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 cheese mixture. Fold pastry lengthwise in half.
Cut pastry crosswise into 1/2-inch strips. Unfold strips and roll each end
in opposite directions to twist. Place twists on cookie sheet.
Bake 7 to 8 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Repeat with
remaining sheet of pastry, egg and cheese mixture. Remove from cookie
sheet to wire rack. Serve warm or cool.
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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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