Cheese Crackers!

Who doesn’t love cheese crackers, a favourite since the days of eating handfuls of goldfish crackers on the playground! These delicious cheesy crackers can be modified to incorporate whatever grate-able cheese you have in the fridge, which results in SO many fun flavours! I went with cheddar and parmesan because that’s what I had on hand, and as we know, it’s quarantine so I am avoiding the store.

Little cheese bites!

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Cheese Crackers

Yield: depends on how you cut them, lets say about 100 small crackers!

Preheat your oven to 350*F

• 1/2 cup Flour

• 1 teaspoon Sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon Salt

• 1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder

• 1/4 teaspoon Smoked Paprika (you can leave this out or replace it with other spices, things like onion or garlic powder, italian seasoning, cajun seasoning, even rosemary or thyme would be good!)

• 2 Tablespoons Cold Butter, cubed

• about 115g Cheddar Cheese, grated on the smallest sized grater you have (you can replace this with another cheese such as swiss, mozzarella, havarti, whatever you got!)

• 2 Tablespoons grated parmesan (optional)

• 1-2 Tablespoons of cold milk or water

• Coarse salt for the tops

1. In a bowl combine all your dry ingredients - flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and smoked paprika (or other spices)

2. Toss in your cold butter and cheese and combine together by pinching and rubbing the dough with your hands until it looks like coarse sand. We ideally want there to be no large butter chunks left but it still looks crumbly.

3. Now add your milk (or water) a little bit at a time, I used about 1.5 Tablespoons, but it will vary depending on how dry your cheese is, something like an old cheddar or a parmesan is going to need a little more moisture, while something like a havarti is not as dry and will need a little less. So just add a little bit at a time, stirring them together until you can grab a ball in your hand and when squeezed it will stay in a ball.

4. Press the dough together into a disk and wrap with saran wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.

5. Roll out your dough onto a lightly floured surface and cut into small squares using a pizza cutter, or whatever shape you like!

6. Bake in a preheated 350*F oven for about 10-15 minutes or until lightly golden on the bottom and cheese-y smelling!

7. Let cool and eat! Store any extras in an airtight container or baggie.

These cheese-y crackers taste like the crispy bits from a grilled cheese sandwich! So delicious! Plus you can switch up the types of cheese and spice for end...