Pepper Jack Crackers
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
-
95 crackers
- Serves:
- 95
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1⁄2 lb monterey jack pepper cheese, coarsely grated
- 1 large egg, separated
- 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- 3⁄4 teaspoon cayenne (to taste)
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F Grease two baking sheets with PAM, oil or butter.
- In a food processor, blend the butter and cheese until smooth. Add egg yolk, salt and cayenne and blend until combined.
- Add flour and blend just until mixture forms a dough.
- Transfer about 1/4 of the dough into a pastry bag fitted with a 7/8-inch wide ribbon tip*. Pipe the dough in long strips about 2 inches apart on the greased baking sheets. Dough strips may break in places--don't worry about this. You'll be cutting the strips later.
- In a small bowl, whisk the egg whites and a pinch of salt until just combined. Brush each strip of dough with egg white mixture.
- Bake in batches in the middle rack of the oven until golden brown, about 10-15 minutes.
- While crackers are still hot, slice diagonally into 1 1/2-inch-long pieces.
- Cool on wire racks to crisp.
- Crackers may be stored up to 5 days in an airtight container--although I doubt they will last that long!
- *NOTE: You can also use a cookie press or different tips and make any shape you like.
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