Kaasstengels (Cheese Shortbreads)
Kaasstengels (Cheese Shortbreads)

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kaasstengels (cheese shortbreads) using 4 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Kaasstengels (Cheese Shortbreads):
  1. Take 200 g cheese (Edam is better, if not then gouda, then cheddar), grated
  2. Prepare 500 g mixed butter (salted) and margarine (or 250g each)
  3. Make ready 800 g flour
  4. Prepare 1 egg yolk
Steps to make Kaasstengels (Cheese Shortbreads):
  1. Grate cheese, mix it well with the butter-margarine mix with mixer or by hand inside the large bowl.
  2. Add flour little by little, mix everything well.
  3. Grease baking tray with margarine using the large brush.
  4. Put the batter into the cookie extruder, extrude and cut into matchstick length. If you don't have any, you can use a rolling pin (or a bottle) then cut into matchstick-long and finger-wide shape. If you feel lazier, you can make ball-shapes, but the crunch will be less satisfactory due to the thickness difference.
  5. Mix eggyolk with 1 tablespoon of water inside a small bowl. Brush the top of the kaasstengels for a nice shine. Add a small bit of grated cheese on top for decoration. You can skip the eggwashing step if you like, still tastes good.
  6. Preheat the oven (180 degree) for 5 minutes. Bake for 20 minutes and check whether it's cooked through, if not, add 10 more minutes.

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