Cheese Wafers
Some moms make their kids sugar cookies, some make them pound cakes. My mom made cheese wafers. I’m not talking about a tins worth, I’m literally talking pounds and pounds!). You would have thought she was starting her own cheese
wafer business with the amount of cracker barrel cheese kept in our
refrigerator. I remember standing by her salivating as she made them.
Really they’re THAT good. She placed a perfect pecan on top of each one and added
a touch of paprika for a little zip.
For my cheese wafers, I removed the zip and decided to roll and cut them into
fun shapes for Halloween and Thanksgiving. I don’t know if any kid
will accept cheese wafers instead of candy, but I know that if you
offer these over those pre-packaged, oily goldfish snacks, they’ll not only beg for more but they’ll also avoid ingesting all those nasty preservatives, artificial flavors and dyes, too.
Kenya kept popping these in his mouth and crunching away so fast, I
had to hide them from him. Now the only trouble is that I know where they are and I may eat the entire tin!
Cheese Wafers (Makes 3-4 dozen depending on the size of your cookie cutters)
1/2 Lb Sharp Cheddar Cheese or 1 Cup, grated
5 Tbsp Butter, cut into cubes
1 Cup Flour plus additional for sprinkling
1. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and combine (dough may be a bit crumbly, but it will stick together).
2. Remove all the dough to a piece of parchment or waxed paper and shape into a thick flat circle. Cover with waxed paper and refrigerate for one hour or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
4. Open waxed paper and roll out dough on it into a 1/4 inch-thick piece.
5. Take small cookie cutters and cut out into shapes (you could also take an empty plastic medicine bottle to make circle shaped crackers. Just make sure you clean out the bottle thoroughly first.).
6. Place on a cookie sheet (preferably lined with a silpat or parchment paper) and bake for 12-15 minutes. Let cool on sheet for 2 minutes before removing.
7. Serve.
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How long will these keep, either in an air-tight container or frozed?
They will last about 4 days, if no one eats it all up…its best refrigerated. Frozen would last about 4 months.
hi there, thinking to make this cheese wafers today, but not sure how much is 1/2 lb of cheese in grams or ounces?
can you help
thanks
It’s about 1 Cup of cheese.
I made these last night and they were delicious! (I think I may have eaten the majority of them…)
I was wondering what the texture was supposed to be like on these? I used cold block sharp cheddar and cold butter and they were more bread like than cracker like. Is this right?
Since there’s no yeast and baking powder in them, they should be pretty crispy and flat. How did you make it? Sometimes when you over work the dough, it will lose it’s consistency when you bake it. You make have over worked it in the food processor.
Have you ever tried to make these with a mixture of flours? Like, half white and half whole wheat? I’m thinking if it works, it could make for a healthier treat. Thoughts?
[...] think it was time i finally cooked something for her, besides scrambled eggs lol. first i made her cheese wafers . they have been a hit. my sister rachel especially likes them. they basically taste like cheese [...]
I’m not a huge fan of cheese crackers, but my husband and twin boys are. Even I thought these were great! I will be making them again!