Smoky Cheddar Corn Flour Crackers

Cooking challenge - small snacks with corn flour using my cookie press.
I came up with Smoky Cheddar Corn Flour Crackers - these are gluten free.

Ingredients:

2 cups masa marina (corn flour - not corn meal or corn starch)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon smoked paprika (or use regular paprika)
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 stick butter, at room temperature, cut into 8 chunks or so
~ 10.5 ounces Cheddar, shredded
1 egg

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Combine corn flour, salt, paprika and red pepper in a food processor; pulse until well mixed.
3. Pulse 1/2 of cheese and all the butter into flour mix.
4. Add in rest of cheese and egg, process until mix comes together as a dough. (It will feel like fresh Playdough…)
5. Stuff dough into tube of a cookie press, and press onto un-greased cookie sheets. Keep crackers about 1 inch a part.
6. Sprinkle lightly with some kosher salt.
7. Bake of 12 to 15 minutes - until bottoms are lightly browned. (Mine went for 14 minutes)Let cool on cookie sheets for 2 to 3 minutes, then cool on wire racks.

Carole's Notes:

These are light and crumbly - you will want to pop the entire cracker in your mouth at once. They do not spread very much, or change color very much. I found the smoky paprika gave them a interesting smoky edge - but Doug did not notice the smokiness.
The recipe made about 90 small crackers.

The recipe was inspired from several ideas for cheese straws - such as http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2009/06/cheese-straws/ and http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/zesty-cheese-straws-recipe.html