Cocktail Cheese Crackers Recipes

JALAPENO CHEDDAR CRACKERS

Steps:

• Place the flour, kosher salt and baking powder in a food processor fitted with the steel blade and pulse to mix. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the Cheddar, jalapeno and chipotle chili powder and pulse again. With the food processor running, add the ice water all at once. Continue pulsing until the mixture begins to form a ball. Dump the dough onto a floured board and roll it into a 14-inch log. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
• Cut the dough in 3/8-inch-thick slices. Place the crackers on the prepared sheet pan, brush with the egg wash and sprinkle with the fleur de sel. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown. Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.

HOMEMADE CHEESE CRACKERS RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
• Using a hand mixer or standing mixer, combine cheese, butter, and salt in a large bowl.
• Once combined, mix in the flour and add the ice water one tablespoon at a time.
• The dough should hold together but crumble apart if you break it up in your hand. If it seems too dry, add a little more ice water.
• Separate dough into two halves and pack together into discs. Wrap in parchment paper and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• Roll out dough to ⅛ of an inch (½ cm), pinching the cracks on the ends.
• Cut into 1 inch x 1 inch (2 ½ x 2 ½ cm) squares and pierce a hole in the middle of each square for ventilation during baking.
• Place the separated crackers on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Bake for 13 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Enjoy!

BLUE CHEESE COCKTAIL CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• With a mixer on medium speed, cream together cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy.
• Add cayenne, blue cheese, flour, rice cereal, and bacon (if using) and beat on medium-low speed until well blended.
• The dough will be stiff.
• Roll 1-tablespoon portions into balls and place slightly apart on baking sheets.
• Flatten each ball with a fork.
• Bake until crackers are golden brown, 12 to 15 minutes.

COCKTAIL CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, whisk together first five ingredients; stir in cheeses. Cut in butter until crumbly. Whisk together egg and cream; gradually add to flour mixture, tossing with a fork until dough forms a ball., Turn onto a floured surface; knead gently just until combined, about 10 times. Divide dough in half. Roll each portion into a 12x10-in. rectangle; cut into 2-in. squares. Pierce with a fork. Place 2-in. apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolk and milk; brush over tops. If desired, sprinkle with choice of toppings., Bake until golden brown, 9-12 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks; cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

HOMEMADE SQUEEZE CHEESE AND CRACKERS

Steps:

• In a food processor fitted with the blade attachment, add the butter and cream cheese. Process until fully combined. Add the cheese, milk and mustard powders. Process again until smooth, 30 seconds to 1 minute, scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula as needed.
• Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small star tip. Pipe onto the crackers and serve immediately. Can be made a few days ahead and stored in the refrigerator, but let sit on the counter until it's soft enough to put into the piping bag before using.

CHEESE KRISPIES CRACKERS

Steps:

• Blend butter and cheese in a food processor until creamy.
• Add flour, one cup at a time.
• Add seasonings.
• Remove cheese mixture to a large bowl and mix in the rice cereal, kneading gently if necessary.
• Place dough on a floured board and roll out to 1/4 inch thickness.
• Use a plain 2 inch cookie cutter to cut out.
• Place onto cookie sheet and bake at 325°F.
• for 20 minutes.
• For variety you can use other seasonings like cayenne, finely minced onion, chives, itty bits of jalapeño, bacon bits, etc.

PARMESAN CRACKERS

Steps:

• In a food processor, combine ingredients, and pulse until dough comes together. Turn dough out onto a piece of plastic wrap, and form it into a log 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Chill until firm, at least 2 hours.
• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease two baking sheets. Cut log into 1/4-inch-thick crackers, and place them an inch apart on sheets. Bake until firm, about 12 to 13 minutes. Remove baking sheets from oven, and raise temperature to 500 degrees. When temperature comes up to correct heat, return sheets to oven, and bake for 3 minutes more, or until crackers are deeply golden brown all over. Let cool on a wire rack.

CHEESE LACE CRACKERS

Steps:

• In a food processor blend the Cheddar, the butter, the flour, the Worcesteshire sauce, the salt, and the cayenne until the mixture forms a ball of dough. Halve the dough, putting each half on a sheet of wax paper, and with the aid of the wax paper form it into logs about 6 inches long and 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Chill the dough, wrapped in the wax paper, for at least 2 hours, or unitl it is firm enough to slice. The dough may be prepared up to this point 2 days in advance and kept covered and chilled. It may also be frozen for several weeks. Cut the dough into 1/4-inch slices, arrange the slices 2 inches apart on jelly-roll pans, and bake them in a preheated 400°F. oven for 5 to 7 minutes, or until they are golden brown around the edges. Transfer the crackers carefully with a metal spatula to racks, let them cool, and drain them on paper towels if desired. The crackers keep for up to 4 days in an airtight container.

CHEESY CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Combine milk, cornstarch, and seasoning in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk constantly and bring to a simmer. Simmer for about 1 minute, then remove from the heat.
• Add Cheddar cheese and mix until smooth. Sift flour into the mixture a bit at a time and mix until you have a dough ball you can roll out.
• Roll out the dough on a sheet of parchment paper until as thin as you can. Cut dough into strips with a pizza cutter, and then into squares. Slide crackers and parchment paper onto a cookie sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crispy, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool before serving.

MUSTARD CHEDDAR CRACKERS

Steps:

• Blend together butter, cheese, and yolk in a food processor until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and pulse until just combined. (If you have a small processor, divide butter mixture after blending and pulse with remaining ingredients in 2 batches.) Transfer dough (it will be very soft) to a bowl and chill, covered, 15 minutes.
• Halve dough, then shape each half into a 12-inch log on a lightly floured surface. Wrap logs in wax paper and foil, then chill until firm, at least 4 hours.
• Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Unwrap logs and cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices with a sharp thin knife, then arrange slices about 1 inch apart on baking sheets. Bake in batches, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until pale golden, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer crackers to racks to cool, about 5 minutes. Line sheets with clean parchment between batches.

HOMEMADE GARLICKY CHEESE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Place flour, sugar, baking powder, garlic powder, salt, and dill in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine or you can mix manually as well. Add 4 tablespoons melted butter and vegetable oil and pulse to combine.
• With food processor on low speed, slowly drizzle in water until the dough begins to form a ball. Remove dough from food processor and cover with a plastic wrap. Let rest for 10 minutes.
• Roll out dough as thin as possible on a lightly floured surface; thinner than pie crust if possible, thin like crepes works best. Cut the dough into your desired shapes with a cookie cutter, or cut with a knife or pizza cutter and arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Let it rest for another 10 minutes.
• Using a toothpick, prick several holes in each cracker. Don't skip this step; you will not have nice, flat crackers if you skip.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven, brush the tops with remaining melted butter, and immediately sprinkle with coarse sea salt. Remove from baking sheets and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
• While crackers cool, prepare cheese topping: Mix mascarpone, Cheddar, and Parmesan cheeses with parsley, oregano, thyme, rosemary, and pepper. Sprinkle over crackers and serve.