Sesame Cheese Crackers

Submitted by MsPia

"From a Kikkoman booklet. I haven't make them yet, but the picture on the booklet looks great, next to a clear Japanese soup."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 236.59 ml all-purpose flour
• 2.46 ml salt
• 0.61 ml cayenne pepper
• 88.74 ml butter, Cold
• 113.39 g cheddar cheese, finely Grated
• 59.14 ml toasted sesame seeds
• 2.46 ml soy sauce
• 22.18-36.96 ml water, Ice-Cold

directions

1. Combine flour, salt and pepper in medium bowl; cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Stir in cheese and sesame seed. Combine soy sauce and 3 teaspoons water; stir into dry ingredients.
3. Add more water, a little at a time, mixing lightly until dough begins to stick together.
4. Turn out dough and press together on lightly floured board or pastry cloth; roll out to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut dough into 2 X 1 inch rectangles with pastry wheel or knife.
5. Place on lightly greased baking sheets and bake at 400 degrees F. 8 to 10 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove crackers to rack to cool.

Reviews

[Marie Nixon]

These are a real good cracker. I'm just not sure what I would serve them with. The toasted sesame seed flavor is very pronounced (which is good) but I'm not sure what type of cracker spread would compliment that flavor. I cut the recipe down to serve 2 and it worked very well. If I was serving these to guests, I would dig out my fluted pastry cutter and cut out the crackers with it.

 

[jessi_mcg]

First off, let me say that these have fantastic flavor! As my DH so eloquently put it--kinda like a grown-up Cheez-it :roll:. I love the way the sesame seeds add subtle flavor and crunch, and the soy sauce gives the saltiness one would want in a cracker. I made a half recipe and got 33 2-in round crackers. I also used 1/2 cheddar and 1/2 mozzarella, just what I had on hand. All of that said, I did have some trouble with texture. At the specified bake time mine were still pretty soft...I put them back in for a good 5 extra minutes to help them crisp up. I think they are fine now, DH says they are still too chewy. Perhaps I didn't roll them thin enough? At any rate, these are very good and I am glad to have a homemade snack for DS, who devoured two straightaway. Thanks for posting! Made for Zaar Tag.