Homemade Cheez-It Crackers

OK, it's confession time, I honey Cheez-It crackers. I don't stock them inwards the pantry (for obvious reasons), so when the urge ambushed me the other day, I was really happy to uncovering this slow recipe.

These crackers actually produce gustatory modality a lot similar Cheez-It crackers, except fresher together with to a greater extent than flavorful. They are quick to brand together with receive got require ingredients I ever receive got inwards my kitchen (a win-win for us since nosotros alive 10 miles out of town).

 
 
 
CHEEZ-IT CRACKERS
 
8 ounces extra SHARP cheddar cheese shredded (see banknote below)
1 loving cup all role flour
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 tablespoons UNSALTED butter (room temperature)
1 teaspoon common salt (divided)
4 to vi tablespoons H2O ice water  (see banknote below)
 
Put the shredded cheese together with room temperature butter in your nutrient processor together with hand it a few pulses to blend.
 
Mix 1/2 teaspoon of common salt together with 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne into the flour, therefore sprinkle it over the cheese-butter mixture together with pulse a few times until the mixture looks a footling clumpy but good mixed.
 
Next, amongst the nutrient processor running, add together four tablespoons of the H2O ice water. Run the nutrient processor until the dough forms a ball, therefore stop. See tip below on the total of H2O to use
 
 
Divide the dough inwards one-half together with comprehend and chill for thirty minutes.  Roll the dough really sparse (as sparse every bit yous tin forcefulness out larn it), similar a pie crust (1/8")or thinner (see banknote below) and cutting into 1" squares.
 
 
 
Sprinkle squares remaining common salt together with poke a hole inwards the pump of the square. Place squares on ungreased cookie canvas (they tin forcefulness out live pretty unopen together but non touching).
 
Bake inwards preheated 400° for 10 to 12 minutes or till golden (see banknote below). Remove crackers from baking canvas together with cool them on a bakers rack (so air tin forcefulness out larn to both sides of the cracker). Cool to room temperature earlier eating them (they volition larn crisper every bit they cool down).
 
TIPS:
This recipe actually needs extra sharp cheddar cheese together with brand certain that yous grate it yourself.  Commercially grated cheeses receive got a starch coating on them therefore the shreds don't clump together. This starch coating actually effects how cheese melts (and tastes)
 
The recipe didn't tell what variety of common salt to use, but I used a calorie-free sprinkling of kosher common salt because it is large together with flakey, but that's but my personal preference. On 1 batch, I put salt on both sides of the cracker squares together with it made them too salty  (well, the domestic dog didn't mean value so, but nosotros did).
 
 This recipe calls for four to vi tablespoons of H2O ice water. When I made these, it took the total vi tablespoons, but therefore the total of H2O yous exercise depends on the humidity of your flour, etc. etc. etc.  Just starting fourth dimension amongst four tablespoons together with therefore if the dough doesn't come upwards together nicely inwards a ball, add together a footling more.
 
This dough is extremely slow to coil out together with doesn't fissure or suspension apart. Just brand certain yous coil it VERY thin. No affair how sparse yous coil them, they volition nonetheless puff upwards a footling spell baking, therefore continue that inwards mind. Just remember, the thinner yous coil them, the crispier the cracker volition be.
 
And finally, the recipe says to bake them 10 to 12 minutes. I receive got the best luck cooking them for 10 minutes therefore switching to the broiler for the lastly thirty seconds. It gives them a wonderful golden crispy top.
 
If yous receive got leftovers, shop them inwards an airtight container.
 
ENJOY !!
 



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