I love Christmas cookies and am certainly not celebrating Christmas without baking a few dozen. Still, when making homemade gifts for family and friends, you should make this savory treat instead.

Cheese straws are more like a crumbly savory shortbread cookie than a biscuit and are often served as a nibble with cocktails or baked and wrapped as a homemade hostess gift. Credit: AP The South is ...

The South is credited with creating the cheese straw but no one knows who, where or why exactly. There is one vague story about leftover cheese being added to biscuit dough to make a snack but I don't ...

Cheese straws are more like a crumbly savory shortbread cookie than a biscuit and are often served as a nibble with cocktails or baked and wrapped as a homemade hostess gift. (Elizabeth Karmel via AP) ...

Cheese straws are a popular nibble at holiday gatherings. There are two types of cheese straws: a French version made of puff pastry shaped into long, twisted strips, and the Southern version, like ...

The South is credited with creating the cheese straw but no one knows who, where or why exactly. There is one vague story about leftover cheese being added to biscuit dough to make a snack but I don't ...

The South is credited with creating the cheese straw but no one knows who, where or why exactly. There is one vague story about leftover cheese being added to biscuit dough to make a snack but I don't ...