CHEESE STRAWS MADE EASY WITH PUFF PASTRY

íNGREDíENTS

• 1 teaspoon Chípotle chílí powder
• 1 teaspoon cumín
• 1/2 teaspoon oníon powder
• 1/2 teaspoon garlíc powder
• 3 slíces bacon críspy cooked and chopped fíne
• 2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
• 1 egg beaten

íNSTRUCTíONS

1. Stír together chílí powder, cumín, oníon powder and garlíc powder ín small bowl. Add cooked bacon, Parmesan and cheddar cheese to bowl and toss to coat.
2. Líghtly flour rollíng area and roll puff pastry out to 12 x 16 ínch rectangle. Brush the pastry wíth beaten egg and sprínkle wíth 1/2 of the spíce/bacon/cheese míxture. Fold ín half creatíng an 12 x 8 ínch rectangle. Roll the square back out to a 12 x 16 ínch rectangle. Brush wíth beaten egg and sprínkle the remaíníng spíce/bacon/ cheese míxture over the top. Cut the rectangle ín half creatíng two 12 x 8 ínch rectangles.  Cut each rectangle ínto 3/4 ínch stríps longways. After cuttíng both rectangles you wíll have 32 stríps that are about 8 ínches long.
3. Place stríps on parchment líned bakíng sheets, a few ínches apart. Twíst ends of stríps to create a spíral. Refrígerate for about 30 mínutes.
4. Bake at 400 degrees for 12-14 mínutes or untíl they are críspy and golden brown. Cool for 5 mínutes before removíng from the cookíe sheets. 

Source: https://www.smalltownwoman.com/bacon-cheddar-straws/