Homemade Cheese Crackers Recipe (4 Ingredients!)

A quick and easy cheese cracker recipe with just four ingredients and five minutes of hands-on time? YES, PLEASE! You know by now that I love homemade crackers. They are delicious and easy to make, but they’re also extremely versatile and can be made salty, sweet, savory or spicy! Whip up a batch today and replace those store-bought Cheeze-Its. 

With different cheese and herb flavor variations, this cracker recipe never gets old. Plus, it can be converted to gluten or dairy-free, so no one has to miss out.

Why I Love This Cracker Recipe

If you’re trying to cut out store-bought processed food, slash your grocery budget, and keep up with your busy schedule, then you have found the right place. None of us should have to sacrifice our health simply because we want to enjoy delicious snacks.  

When you have the right recipes, it’s easy to swap expensive processed junk for healthy homemade snacks like easy sweet potato tortillas, homemade granola bars, crispy rutabaga fries, homemade kale chips, and, of course, this cracker recipe (or my original cracker recipe that’s a bit more like a Wheat Thin).

Home and Hand Made

If you have my book, Home and Hand Made, you’ll recognize this recipe from page 17! If you don’t have my book and are looking for more delicious from scratch recipes, you’ll want to go snag your copy!

Cracker Recipe Variations

Looking for a gluten free or dairy-free cracker recipe? Or how about different flavors like homemade cheese crackers, sour cream and onion or sweet & salty? 

If you’re looking for cracker recipe variations, I’ve got a free, downloadable PDF, which includes recipes for homemade cheese crackers (which is what I’m making in the video above), Italian crackers, sour cream and onion crackers and even a sweet and salty cracker option.

With this one cracker dough recipe, you can make virtually endless flavor options and adaptions. > Sign up here, and I’ll shoot them straight to your inbox, scouts honor. 

Tips for the Best Cracker Recipe

Homemade crackers are a snap to make, and when you know these essential tips and tricks, you will have perfect homemade crackers every time.

Detail	Tip
Rolling	Though I don’t have issues with my dough sticking, you can always use parchment paper or a lightly floured surface to prevent your dough from sticking. If your dough is too thin, your crackers will burn, but if they are too thick, they won’t be crunchy. Aim to roll your dough to a consistent 1/8 inch thickness.
Cutting	You can cut your crackers into any desired shape and size, but for even baking, make sure each batch is uniform in size. To make this step a breeze, use a pizza cutter.
Baking	Rolling your dough to a consistent thickness takes time and practice. Until you have mastered this technique, check your homemade crackers for doneness a little bit early. Remove the finished crackers from the baking sheet and bake the remaining crackers for another 2 minutes.
Cooling	Leave crackers on a baking sheet to cool, they’ll crisp up as they cool.

How to Make Homemade Crackers

Supplies Needed

• Large Mixing Bowl – I love these Pyrex measuring cups because the large ones double as mixing bowls!
• Pizza Stone – Did you know a pizza stone works great for more than homemade Chicken Alfredo pizza? It is perfect for crackers and cookies, too! If you don’t have a pizza stone, you can use a baking sheet.
• Rolling Pin – If you don’t have a rolling pin, a stainless steel water bottle or wine bottle works, too.
• Pastry Cutter – This recipe does not require a food processor. A pastry cutter or two sharp knives work great.
• Pizza Cutter or Pastry Wheel – This tool makes cutting the dough a breeze, but if you don’t have a pizza cutter, you can use a sharp knife.
• Parchment Paper – Parchment paper allows you to roll homemade crackers even thinner, and you can reuse the same sheet over and over again.

Ingredients Needed

Just four basic ingredients are needed for this base cracker recipe. No baking powder or other fancy ingredients, just common pantry staples you likely already have on hand:

• Flour – You can use all-purpose, whole wheat, or fresh ground. Just remember that whole wheat and freshly milled flours absorb more moisture, so you may need to adjust your water as needed.
• Butter – If you prefer dairy-free, you can substitute coconut or olive oil. I used salted butter, but if you want to control the amount of salt in the recipe, use unsalted butter.
• Water – Nothing fancy here; just plain tap water is great.
• Cheese – This is where you get to choose! I used parmesan because it’s one of our favorites, but sharp cheddar cheese, pepper jack or any other cheese is also delicious!
• Sea Salt – I always use a sprinkling of Redmond Real Salt on top of the crackers. (Use that link and type in “Pioneering” at checkout to receive 15% off your order!)

Step-by-Step Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Measure your dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.
3. Cut in the butter until the butter is about the size of a pea.
4. Add cheese and water and mix until just combined. Dump the cracker dough onto a piece of parchment paper (or right onto your baking sheet; I never have issues with it sticking).
5. Roll out the dough to about ⅛” thickness, and cut cheese crackers into desired shapes. You can also make the crackers into fancy shapes with cookie cutters.
6. Sprinkle with sea salt (optional).
7. If you didn’t roll your dough on your baking sheet, transfer the dough to a baking sheet or baking stone now.
8. Bake for 10 minutes at 400°F.
9. After 10 minutes, remove the crackers on the outer edges so they don’t burn and place them on a cooling rack. Return the rest of the cheese crackers to continue baking for 2-3 minutes until most of the crackers are golden brown.
10. Allow the crackers to cool before removing from the pan. They will crisp as they cool.

Did you make these cheese crackers? If so, please leave a⭐star rating and a?comment in the recipe card below (this really helps me out)… then, snap a photo and tag me on social media @melissaknorris so I can see! I love getting a glimpse of what you all make in your kitchens.

Best Way to Store Crackers

If you happen to have any cheese crackers left (which is unlikely) and need to store them, allow them to cool completely and place them inside an airtight container. 

A Mason jar with the canning lid and band tightened down works great, and they’ll stay crispy for up to 5 days. (Probably longer, but that’s the very longest they’ve lasted before we’ve eaten them all.)

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