Today I was hungry for cheese crackers. I like Cheez-it's, but I rarely buy them. I don't like that they use bad vegetable oils like palm, soybean or canola oil. The rest of the ingredients aren't too bad, but homemade is usually healthier.
I didn't feel like going to the store either. I had all the ingredients necessary to make them and so I did. I also have a small food processor with a glass bowl. As you know I eliminate plastic when I can. I used this processor for the peanut butter I recently made. https://www.thecabincountess.com/2026/07/lets-make-some-peanut-butter.html
In my food processor I added:
1 6 oz. package of shredded Swiss cheese. It is about 1 1/2 cups if you shred the cheese yourself. You can use cheddar or any shredded cheese.
1 cup flour
1 1/2 t. cornstarch
1/4 t. salt
Mix these ingredients for 30 seconds and then add the cold butter
6 T. cold butter cut in 6 pieces
Mix for another 30 seconds until the mixture looks like wet sand. Add 2 T. cold water and mix until it clumps and begins to form a ball.
Chill the dough for 45 minutes and it's ready to roll out. I didn't chill it and I couldn't roll the dough as thin as I would have liked. Chilling the dough makes it easier to roll the dough a little thinner and removing the pieces onto the baking sheet. This dough is very manageable and not sticky.
Next cut into the size squares you are comfortable with. I used a knife and cut the squares about an inch. With a toothpick I put a hole in each piece.
Now bake at 350 degrees until brown. These took about 25 minutes. I used white cheese so they didn't get as brown as they would have with cheddar cheese. They were a little thicker than I wanted so I baked them an extra five minutes to get them crunchy.
