Cheese straw recipe with vegetables. A healthy and flavorful twist to your traditional cheese straws with veggies and whole wheat flour. These crispy and yummy cheese straws are perfect as party starter. You can serve these with mayonnaise or sour cream dip also.

So What Are Cheese Straws?

Cheese straws are basically cheese flavored snacks shaped into straws and baked. You can either make straws from scratch or shape the puff pastry into straws, sprinkle cheese and bake.

Of course the recipe can be further extended by adding your favorite spice powders and also veggies. You can make it healthier by using whole wheat flour as I did here.

I used carrots and bell peppers, you can onions also.

Which Cheese Is Best For These Straws?

Usually processed cheese powder or cheese cubes are used in this recipe. But I always use either grated cheddar or mozzarella. You can also use a mix of two to three cheeses.

Also increase or decrease the quantity of cheese as per taste.

Best Finger Food For Toddlers and Kids

Yup, these veg cheese straws are best finger food for toddlers and kids. It is easy to eat, healthy, crispy and very delicious. The recipe does contain butter. We do need butter in small quantities in our diet but if you should you can replace it with olive oil.

To make these straws more flavorful and healthier replace butter with ghee or clarified butter.

Vegans can easily use any vegan cheese and olive oil to make vegan cheese straws.

Some Tips To Follow

Use really cold butter for crispy straws.

You can use plain flour for lighter straws

You can also use any other grain flour along with wheat flour.

More cheese snacks you might like

cheeselings

herb and cheese cookies

cheese rings

cheese pakora

How To Make Veg Cheese Straw Recipe Step by Step

1. Preheat oven to 200C. Peel and grate the carrot. Chop bell peppers very finely.

2. Measure the wheat flour and take in a mixing bowl. Cut the cold butter into small pieces and add to the same bowl. Now rub the butter with the wheat flour with your fingers till the mixture resembles crumbs.

3. Add the grated veggies,grated cheese,salt,pepper powder and dried oregano.

4. Mix well and add just 1-2 tablespoons water and knead to a tight dough.

5. Pinch small balls from the dough and shape like cigars. Arrange the cigars in a baking sheet.

6. Bake the shaped straws in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes until golden.



7. Allow to cool for 5 minutes,serve vegetable cheese straw immediately or store airtight for 3-4 days.

Cheese Straw Recipe

Vegetable cheese straw recipe | Baked cheese straw recipe Harini Vegetable cheese straw recipe is a very easy to make healthy and delicious snack for kids and toddlers. Made with whole wheat,veggies and cheese! 5 from 2 votes Print Recipe Pin Recipe Prep Time 15 mins Cook Time 20 mins Total Time 35 mins Course Snack Cuisine world Servings 5 Calories 450 kcal Ingredients 1x 2x 3x 1 cup whole wheat flour

1/4 cup/50 grams very cold butter

1/4 cup chopped veggies

2 tablespoons grated cheese

1/2 teaspoon pepper powder

1/4 teaspoon oregano

salt Instructions Preheat oven to 200C. Peel and grate the carrot. Chop bell peppers very finely.

Measure the wheat flour and take in a mixing bowl. Cut the cold butter into small pieces and add to the same bowl. Now rub the butter with the wheat flour with your fingers till the mixture resembles crumbs.

Add the grated veggies,grated cheese,salt,pepper powder and dried oregano.

Mix well and add just 1-2 tablespoons water and knead to a tight dough.

Pinch small balls from the dough and shape like cigars. Arrange the cigars in a baking sheet.

Bake the shaped straws in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes until golden.

Allow to cool for 5 minutes,serve vegetable cheese straw immediately or store airtight for 3-4 days. Notes 1. I used multi grain flour for this recipe

2. Chop the veggies really fine for easy shaping.

3. You can finely chopped sweet pumpkin along with other veggies. Nutrition Calories: 450 kcal Tried this recipe? Mention cookclickndevou or tag cookclickndevour