Gruyère Sticks

INSTRUCTIONS

• 1
  Melt the milk together with the butter in a saucepan and let it cool slightly. Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Sift the flour, add the yeast, egg, salt, cheese, and cooled milk with butter. Work into a denser dough. Cover the bowl with a cloth and let it rise in a warmer place for one hour.
• 2
  Divide the risen dough into 2 equal parts, roll each into a roll with a diameter of 3 cm. Divide each roll into 25 equally sized pieces.
• 3
  With your hands, roll each piece into a stick about 10 cm long. Place them on a baking sheet lined with baking paper.
• 4
  Beat the egg and brush the sticks with it. You can sprinkle them with poppy seeds, sesame seeds, or caraway seeds. Let them rise for another 30 minutes on the baking sheet.
• 5
  Bake for about 20 minutes in an oven preheated to 175°C with a fan. After baking, let them cool on the baking sheet.