Homemade Savory Cotswold Cheese Crackers

You will love these homemade Savory Cotswold Cheese Crackers that are easy to prepare and takes just six ingredients. These crackers are deliciously cheesy, crunchy, salty, and perfect for your cheese tray or snacking.

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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 crackers.

And these crackers, I could eat the whole batch by myself, they are a bit addictive.

What is Cotswold Cheese?

Cotswold Cheese originated in England and is a semi-hard cow's 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 of chives.

Why we love this recipe

• What could be better than snacking on homemade crackers made with your favorite cheese? Yes, you can make this recipe using different cheeses.
• This is also a gluten-free recipe because these crackers are made with rice flour. Try these other rice flour recipes, Rose Petal Shortbread Cookies, and Chai Spice Shortbreads.
• 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.
• You do not need store-bought crackers anymore.
• 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 making square or diamond shapes would be great too.
• 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.

Ingredients

This recipe takes just 6-ingredients for an easy to prepare recipe

Let's bake

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 with a handheld mixer, or a stand mixer.  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 ⅛" thickness. Using a 2" cutter, cut the dough into rounds.

Step 6. Place the 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 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.

Check out the golden brown edges on these crackers...they are so good!

Other flavor combinations

• Cheddar Cheese and Cracked Pepper
• Cojtia Cheese and Chili Powder
• Swiss Cheese and Dill
• Parmesan Cheese and Basil

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About Jere’

From learning to cook on a farm in Indiana to culinary school in California,  my passion for food is never-ending.  Turning on my oven to bake something for friends and family is my happy place, and I am glad to be here at One Hot Oven sharing both sweet and savory recipes with all my baking friends.