Low carb cheese straws are… crunchy cheesey made with almond flour, so nice and substantial perfect for dipping very handsome in a glass on the table easy to customise! you could add garlic powder, herbs such as rosemary or thyme, paprika or roll them in poppy seeds.
But the one that caught my eye was her cheese straw recipe, just a few lines in her elegant handwriting and an attribution to an old friend, Mary Calvin Collins. For years, that was one of the only things she baked, and she never broke from the tradition of putting them out on Christmas Eve.
Shop-bought ready-grated cheddar does not work. Mix cheddar, almond flour and psyllium husk in a bowl. Add egg and oil. Mix first with a fork until you get a crumbly consistency. Then knead until the dough is smooth and you cannot see any cheesy bits. Roll the dough into sticks. Mine weighed ca 20g each and were about 15 cm long.