We eat a lot of cheese at my house, right now there are eight different types of cheese in the fridge; I don’t think that’s too many, do you? Have you heard of Cotswold cheese? It’s one of my favorite cheeses and it is in the fridge specifically for making these crispy Savory Cotswold Cheese Crackers.
Baked Cotswold Cheese Crackers
What could be better than snacking on homemade cheese crackers made with your favorite cheese? This is also a gluten-free recipe because these crackers are made with rice flour.
You may think making crackers from scratch is a lot of work but I am here to tell you it is easy to do. Simply mix the dough, roll out the dough and cut the dough into rounds and bake.
The great thing about making your own crackers is you can customize them any way you want. You can mix cheeses together, add different spices and bake them in any shape you like.
Cracker Flavor Suggestions
- Cheddar Cheese and Cracked Pepper
- Cojtia Cheese and Chili Powder
- Swiss Cheese and Dill
- Parmesan Cheese and Basil
What is Cotswold Cheese?
Cotswold Cheese originated in England and is a semi-hard cows milk cheese similar to cheddar cheese that has chives added to it. This delicious golden-yellow cheese has a hearty taste that is creamy and buttery with the extra savory flavor chives.
The recipe is quick and easy and makes about 35 to 50 crackers depending on how you cut them. Have fun with the shapes, today I’m making mine round, but I making square or diamond shapes would be great too.
Ingredients for Cotswold Cheese Crackers
This recipe for homemade cheese crackers takes just 6-ingredients. And I promise homemade cheese crackers are better than anything from a box.
- Cotswold Cheese
- Rice Flour
- Butter
- Sea Salt – I use fine-grained salt for this recipe
- Fresh Rosemary
- Fresh Chives
How to Make Savory Cheese Crackers
Step 1. Crumble the Cotswold cheese into small pieces for easier processing.
Step 2. Add all the ingredients except the water to the food processor bowl and with short pulses, pulse until the ingredients are coarsely combined.
I recommend using a 4-cup food processor, however, you can mix this in a large bowl. When mixing in a bowl, crumble the cheese into very small pieces so it mixes in easily.
Step 3. Start adding 1 tablespoon of water to the food processor and process in short bursts until the dough becomes soft and holds together.
Step 4. Turn the dough out onto plastic wrap. Wrap the dough and chill for at least 30 minutes.
Step 5. Once the dough is chilled turn it out onto a floured board and then roll the dough to 1/8″ thickness. Using a 2″ cutter, cut the dough into rounds.
Step 6. Place the cracker dough rounds on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a Silpat. Sprinkle with additional sea salt and bake at 400 degrees F. for 13-15 minutes, until the crackers are golden brown.
This baked cheese cracker recipe makes about 35 crackers, perfect to set out with appetizers, have as a snack and these crackers are perfect with a good creamy soup.
Tools and Ingredients to Make Cheese Crackers
English Cotswold Cheese is not only delicious to snack on it also makes these tasty savory crackers. Don’t forget the fine grain Sea Salt for inside the cracker and the little sprinkling on top.
I use Bob’s Red Mill White Rice Flour for all my rice flour recipes with great success.
This four-cup Cuisinart Food Processor is easy to use and perfect for smaller amounts of food and is one of my most used kitchen tools. For rolling out all types of doughs I always use this 100% cotton cloth rolling mat. This mat makes rolling dough easy with hardly any sticking and, when done using, just scrape off the excess dough and flour and store in a ziplock bag in the freezer.
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Cheesy popcorn is always a favorite so pop up a batch of Rosemary & Asiago Cheese Popcorn for a fun movie night snack.
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Savory Cotswold Cheese Crackers
Equipment
- Biscuit Cutter
Ingredients
- 1 cup rice flour
- 6 tbls. butter, softened
- 1 tbls. fresh rosemary, chopped
- 2 tbls. fresh chives, chopped
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt, fined grained
- 5 oz. Cotswold cheese
- 1/3 cup Ice water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° F. Prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or a Silpat.
- Crumble the Cotswold cheese into small pieces.
- Add all the ingredients to a food processor, except the water.
- With the food processor running, add the water 1 tablespoon at a time until the mixture forms into a soft dough that holds together. You may not use all the water.
- On a floured surface, roll the dough to 1/8" thick, then cut into desired shapes. I used a 2" round cookie cutter.
- Place the cracker rounds on the baking sheet and sprinkle with additional sea salt.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes, until the crackers are golden brown.
Notes
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6-Ingredient Cheese Crackers
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A great idea indeed. I really must make these cheese crackers – one thing that I have never made with my cheese – what afab idea!
I have become a bit obsessed with these crackers and have started using different cheeses. Everybody loves them.
These look amazing and so easy. I need to make my own crackers now. Thanks for the recipe!
This looks fabulous Jere. I have never made my own crackers before, but I love to entertain. And this is something I definitely think would impress my guests!
Once I made these crackers I have been hooked ever since. They are so easy and you can change the flavorings easily.
These look like a great snack! A way better option than those store bought cheese crackers!
It’s hard to go back to the store-bought crackers once you make these and realize how easy they are. The only thing, these crackers do not stay crispy for weeks.
I had never thought to make my own crackers. This is the perfect solution to my snacking – make my own and have them as a special treat!
I haven’t seen that cheese in the stores here, but it sounds so delicious. I also love how these crackers are gluten free – great for entertaining!
I know it’s can be hard to find Cotswold cheese, but sharp cheddar is just as delicious.
These crackers look like the perfect snack for my cheese-loving family.
This looks like a great recipe. Is there any reason why you use rice flour (other than gluten-free)? or are there any other alternatives you would recommend? Its a bit tricky to get ahold of rice flour where I am.
I have only made these crackers with rice flour, however, I will defiantly be testing this recipe with all-purpose flour. Rice flour does not absorb liquid as much as all-purpose flour so I feel I would maybe add a few tablespoons extra. Other than that I feel the regular flour will work. I will be trying this out soon and post it on this recipe post.
Thank you for asking about this.
These look just delicious – and since they are so easy and gluten-free I’m going to give them a try, maybe today. I’m going to use feta cheese and ghee, since then all my family members can eat them.
Feta sounds delicious. No matter what cheese I use these crackers are always good. Great idea to use ghee.