These homemade cheese crackers are a fun copycat of the cheez-it type of crackers and the dough can be made using your food processor.
Author: Beverly
Equipment:
Food Processor
pastry cutter wheel or pizza cutter
Ingredients:
1½cupsflour
1½teaspoonssalt
½teaspoonground turmeric
⅛teaspoonground red pepper (cayenne)
1½cupsshredded cheese (I used sharp cheese)
5tablespoonscold unsalted butter - cut in smaller chunks
½cupwater
Instructions:
Place the flour, spices, shredded cheese, and butter in a food processor. Pulse until things are combined. The mixture will still be dry and just a little bit crumbly looking at this point.
Next, with the food processor on low, slowly pour the water through the food chute. The mixture will start sticking together more and more as you pour the water in. The mixture is complete when have a ball of sticky dough rolling around in the processor.
Remove the dough from the processor and chill in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
To make the crackers:
Roll some of the dough out on a lightly floured surface. Roll the dough out very thinly. (If the dough is not thinly rolled, you will end up with tall, puffy crackers.)
Cut the thinly rolled dough into small squares using a pastry wheel or pizza cutter. Make a hole in the middle of each square using a skewer or other pointed object.
Place the dough squares on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes.