Cheese Crackers

By MarieR

Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose FLOUR
• 3/4 tsp SALT
• 1/2 tsp white ground PEPPER (regular is okay, white just blends in with the dough)
• 4 TBS cold BUTTER cut into small pieces
• 8 oz grated CHEDDAR CHEESE
• 3 to 4 TBS WATER

Preparation

Step 1

Put flour, salt and pepper into a food processor, pulse once or twice to mix

Add butter and pulse until the mixture looks like crumbs

Add the grated cheese and pulse until well mixed

Add the water 1 TBS at a time while pulsing until the dough starts to make clumps and come together

Take the dough out of the food processor and press into a disc shape, wrap the disc with plastic wrap and put into the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes

Preheat the oven to 350

Divide the dough into quarter and roll each quarter out individually between two sheets of waxed paper to 1/8th inch thickness.

Once the dough is rolled out, remove the top layer of wax paper and using a blunt tool (ie blunt end of knife, pizza cutter, etc…) cut the dough into any shape

Lay out on an ungreased baking sheet without the edges touching

Bake 15-20 minutes

Let cool on the baking sheet, once cool remove from the tray and store in air-tight container