Oats Cheese Crackers
Totally addictive! So crunchy, cheesy, utterly delicious. Make a double batch. I always do since they disappear before my guests arrive! It’s my best party snack.
Ingredients
80 crackers
- 100 grams oats
- 140 grams plain flour
- 150 grams cheddar cheese grated
- 50 grams Parmesan cheese grated
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp black pepper
- A pinch of cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp sea salt plus extra for sprinkling
- 1 Tbsp poppy seeds
- 125 grams cold butter cut into 1 cm cubes
- 80 grams cold water
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175°C fan. Put oats, flour, cheddar cheese, parmesan, paprika, pepper, cayenne, salt and poppy seeds in the bowl of a food processor with a metal blade. Pulse a few seconds to mix.
- Add the butter to the bowl and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse sand. Add the cold water and pulse again until the mixture starts to come together and form a dough. Don’t overdo it.
- Put dough on the kitchen counter and gather to a round disc. Divide into two parts. Lightly sprinkle with flour and roll each piece into a rectangle (or whatever shape you like, it doesn't matter), 2-3 millimeters thick.
- With a pizza cutter (or better with a wavy cutter) cut strips and then squares of about 4-5 cm. With a wooden skewer, “drill” 5 holes on each cracker (not with the pointed side).
- Line two or three oven trays with non-stick paper. Place crackers on the baking pans, about 1 cm from each other. Sprinkle very lightly with a little sea salt. Bake for 18-20 minutes until golden.
- Cool on a wire rack. Resist the temptation to eat them right away as the crackers may be soft right out of the oven. But they will become very crunchy once cool.
- You will make about 80 crackers. Store them in a cookie jar.