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Easy Homemade Cheez-it Cracker Recipe

December 29, 2014 by Michelle 7 Comments

One popular snack that kids love are cheez-it crackers! Today i’m sharing with you a homemade cheez-it recipe for you to make in your own kitchen. Surprisingly these even taste better than the box ones at the store (to me at least).

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Cheez-it Ingredients:

  • 8 oz of Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese (or any cheese you would like! Mix and match, I think pepper jack or manchego would be amazing) room temp
  • 1 cup All-Purpose flour
  • 4 tbsp butter – room temp
  • 2 tbsp ice water
  • 1 tsp salt

Directions:

  1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Using your food processor, add chunks of cheese (or grated cheese, it saves a step!) until it is broken into small pieces, then add flour, salt, and butter to combine. This should form a dough that is starting to come together nicely. Add water a tsp at a time until all the dough comes together. You want to use as little water as possible so you get a nice crispy cracker, that is why the room temperature cheese is important.
  3. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate just until the dough has firmed up a bit.
  4. Roll out between two pieces of parchment paper until 1/8 inch thick. Cut into 1 inch squares and poke holes using a toothpick in the center.
  5. Place on baking sheet (I did not grease or use parchment paper and had no problems with it sticking) and bake for about 20 minutes until lightly golden and crispy. Check after 15 minutes to make sure they are not getting too dark. Let cool on your baking sheet and they will continue to crisp up.
  6. These crackers do not need salt on top, but if you like you can use 1/2 tsp salt in the dough, and the other half on top.

They are perfectly simple, natural, crispy, cheesy, and salty. The ultimate snack for the whole family!

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Comments

  1. KT says

    July 6, 2015 at 7:51 pm

    I did these with gluten free flour (just used the betty crocker rice flour mix kind), and “seriously sharp” cheddar – they came out great! MMMM! I even tried the classic lance cracker combo, PB + cheese cracker…wow. My only advice is if you use GF flour, just use a tad more than you’d use of regular.

  2. Renina Sales says

    April 28, 2015 at 1:33 pm

    Laura, I am from Brazil and you will be able to find cheese its there. I’m 35 and I grew up eating those :) they might have a different name, but they are available. I even rennet having a variety of cheese flavors to choose from :) I hope you enjoy my beautiful country!

  3. Laura says

    March 6, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing this recipe!! My husband and I are moving to Brazil and I have been looking for a good recipe for Cheez-its since they don’t have them down there!!! The hunt is over!

  4. Victoria Watson says

    February 9, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    This is a great idea, I think I am going to share this with the Liv360 community on my profile. Thanks! :)

  5. Linda says

    January 4, 2015 at 2:36 am

    Love the recipe

  6. Kasey says

    December 30, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    I just made these, they are amazing!! great recipe!

  7. Shekinah says

    December 29, 2014 at 9:00 pm

    I am so thrilled to have found this recipe and that it is so easy!
    Thank you!

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