Cheddar Pecan Homemade Crackers

Flavorful homemade crackers to accompany your charcuterie board or to have as a snack on-hand at all times! The yield is large, so freeze dough logs for future use or freeze the crackers once they are baked. To cut recipe in half, change yield to 9 dozen crackers.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups (450g/4 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 4 1/4 cups (510g) All-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup (32g) oat flour
• 1/4 cup (17g) nutritional yeast
• 1/4 cup (42g) chia seeds
• 1/4 cup (23g) flax meal
• 1/4 cup (30g) hemp seeds (*optional)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder or granulated garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder or granulated onion
• 1 cup finely chopped toasted pecans
• 4 cups (330g) sharp yellow and white cheddar cheeses, freshly fine-grated

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Using a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream butter and cheese until light and fluffy and well combined. In a separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients: flour, oat flour, chia seeds, nutritional yeast, flax meal, hemp seeds, salt, cayenne, garlic and onion powders. Slowly beat dry ingredients into creamed butter mixture. Add in pecans and mix on low until well disbursed throughout the dough. Dough will be very thick and will stick together well. If you feel it is too dry, add a little more butter.
2. 2Shape into 8-in. long logs. The diameter of the logs is around 4 cm, 1.5 inches, or slightly larger than a 50-cent piece. My dough yielded 7 logs. Wrap them in plastic wrap and refrigerate until dough is firm, 2 hours. Freeze logs of dough if you aren't able to bake them right away.
3. 3Preheat oven to 350°F/176℃. Remove plastic wrap and slice dough crosswise into 1/4-in. coin slices. Place in an even layer on ungreased, parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake until edges are crisp and lightly browned, 12-14 minutes. The longer you bake the cracker, the crispier they become. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Refrigerate or freeze in airtight containers.