Friday, October 29, 2010

Pumpkin Cheese Crackers

My kids are having a pumpkin costume party on Saturday. In keeping with the theme I wanted to serve pumpkin snacks.  I decided to adapt the the goldfish cracker recipe I saw here into pumpkin crackers for Halloween.  These are very cheesy and their taste tops the store bought ones hands down.  These are also super easy to make since all of the ingredients are just thrown into the food processor. You don't even have to grate the cheese! What could be easier!

Pumpkin Cheese Crackers
1 C whole wheat  flour
4 T cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
8 oz cheddar cheese cut into cubes (whatever kind of cheese is your favourite)
1/2 t salt
1/2 t fresh-ground pepper

Pulse the flour, butter, cheese, salt, and pepper together using a food processor until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
Pulse in 3 to 4 tablespoons of water, one tablespoon at a time, and only enough so that the dough forms a ball and rides the blade.
Remove, wrap in plastic, and chill for 20 minutes or up to 24 hours.
Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper and set aside.
Roll the dough out to 1/8-inch thickness. (If you roll it thicker, it will still work, but the crackers won't be quite as crunchy. This dough rolled out so easily; you'll wish that you always worked with cheddar!)
Cut out as many crackers as possible.
Place them 1 inch apart on the prepared baking pans.
Bake at 350 F until golden and crisp - 15 to 20 minutes.

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