How to Make Cheese Crackers Recipe

 Cheese Crackers

 

Ingredients

1⅓ cups whole wheat pastry flour
⅔ cup unbleached pastry flour
1 tsp. salt
¼ tsp. white pepper
¼ tsp. dry mustard powder
⅛ tsp. cayenne, optional to give them kick
½ cup (1 stick) cold, unsalted butter
2 ounces (a generous ¾ cup) finely grated sharp cheese — mostly extra-sharp
cheddar, but a little Asiago or Parmesan is good, too
6-7 Tbsp. cold milk
salt, for sprinkling, optional 

Directions

1. In large bowl, stir together flours, salt, pepper, mustard powder, and optional
cayenne.
2. Grate in the cold butter and cheeses. Toss with a fork.
3. Use a flat whisk or work with fingers until the mixture has the texture of
coarse meal.
4. Using a sharp-tined fork, stir in the cold milk, using the lesser amount, until
the mixture comes together in a ball. Add the other tablespoon of milk if there
are too many crumbs not sticking into the ball.
5. Divide dough in half.
6. Flour your work surface and roll dough to ⅛" thick.
7. Lightly sprinkle with more salt if you wish. Roll or pat the salt into the surface.
8. Prick all over with a toothpick. Use a pizza cutter to cut into small squares.
9. Place on parchment-lined baking sheets.
10. Bake in preheated 375° oven for 7–10 minutes, switching racks at 4 minutes
for even baking. Look for golden, crispy crackers at 7 minutes. Remove those,
and put any underbaked crackers back in the oven for 1–3 minutes, checking and
removing when they are golden and crispy.
11. Slide onto cooling racks to cool.