Cheese Animal Crackers

Name: Cheese Animal Crackers
Prep time: 3 d 3 h
Cook time: 3 d 3 h
Total time: 3 d 3 h
Yield: 72
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons baking powder; 2 Tbsps lightly beaten egg (from 1 large); 85 grams Parmigiano-Reggiano, cut into 1/2-inch cubes (1/2 cup); 0 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened; 59 milliliters whole milk

This recipe makes 72 servings with 7 calories, 1g of protein, and 1g of fat each. If 3 cents per serving falls in your budget, Cheese Animal Crackers might be a super gluten free and primal recipe to try. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, egg, milk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 75 hours.

Instructions

Pulse cheese in a food processor until finely ground, then transfer to a bowl.

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Cheese

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Food Processor

Bowl

Whisk in flour, baking powder, and salt, then blend in butter with your fingertips or a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.

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Baking Powder

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Blender

Whisk

Form a well in center of flour mixture and add milk and egg, then stir with a wooden spoon until a dough forms.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Egg

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Wooden Spoon

Gently knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth, about 2 minutes. Chill dough in a sealed plastic bag, 1 hour.

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Dough

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Ziploc Bags

Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Divide dough in half and roll out into 2 (12-inch) rounds (less than 1/16 inch thick) on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin.

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Dough

Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut out as many crackers as possible from dough with cutters and transfer to 2 large baking sheets, arranging crackers about 1/4 inch apart. Discard remaining dough. (Do not reroll scraps; crackers would be tough.)

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Crackers

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Bake crackers, switching position of sheets and rotating them 180 degrees halfway through baking, until undersides are golden, 10 to 12 minutes. (Crackers positioned near edges of pan may need to be removed first.) Cool crackers completely on sheets on a rack, about 15 minutes.

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Crackers

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Oven

Frying Pan

*Available at foosecookiecutters.com.

• Dough can be chilled in sealed plastic bag up to 1 day.• If you can't find animal-shaped cutters, dough can be cut into shapes with a sharp knife.• Crackers keep in an airtight container at room temperature 3 weeks.*Available at foosecookiecutters.com.

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Crackers

Dough

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Ziploc Bags

Knife