I promise I will get to the Homemade Rosemary Cheese Crackers in just a minute. But first, I wanted to write a little about helping people in need.
I personally know first hand what it feels like to lose everything from a natural disaster. It’s normal for someone who is not effected personally to watch the devastation on the news and feel empathy and sadness, then turn off the tv and go on about living their life. We all do it, but I’m asking you to please help out the hurricane victims in Texas and Florida by doing this one simple task. Anytime you see a dairy product with the Real California Milk Seal, take a close-up picture of the seal, share it across all your social media channels with the hashtag #SealsForGood and tag @RealCalifMilk. 
Then in turn they will donate $5.00 per photo (up to 20k) to The Great American Milk Drive to help those affected by the devastating hurricanes until 12/31/17. No purchase necessary.
It would mean the world to me if you would please do it! Thank you!
Now on to these delicious cheese crackers made with Real California Cheese…
You are never going to believe how easy these crackers are to make until you make them yourself! I promise you’re going to have one of those hit myself in the forehead moments. The beauty of this recipe is you can change things up however you’d like; you can omit the rosemary, and/or you can use any type of cheddar like cheese, I think pepper jack would be delicious!
Make the simple dough and refrigerate for one hour. Then roll out the dough between 1/16 and 1/8 of an inch and bake, the thinner you get the dough the crisper the cheese cracker will be. That’s it…Really!
- 2 cups Real California Cheese sharp cheddar, grated
- 6 tablespoons Real California Milk butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon fresh rosemary, chopped finely
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 tablespoons Real California Milk
- In a stand mixer add cheese, butter, rosemary, and salt until completely combined.
- Add the all-purpose flour a little at a time. At first the dough will be very crumbly.
- One teaspoon at a time add the milk. The dough should come together and look like a pie dough texture. If it is still dry after all milk is in you can add 1 or 2 more, ½ teaspoon at a time.
- Cut dough in half and wrap each in plastic wrap and place in the fridge for an hour.
- Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees.
- Place 1 dough piece in between 2 pieces of parchment paper and roll out until the dough is about ⅛ inch thick. The thinner the dough is rolled out the more crispy the crackers will be.
- Cut rolled out dough into small squares or use small cookie cutter shapes (like I did). Continue to roll together the scraps of dough and cut out.
- Repeat process with second ball of dough.
- Place cut pieces onto a Silpat or a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- Bake crackers for 8 to 12 minutes depending on your oven. They should be bubbled up and golden brown on the bottom. Allow crackers to cool to room temperature before serving.
- Store crackers in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Don’t forget: Spot The Seal!
Take a close-up photo of the Real California Milk seal and share on all your social media channels with the hashtag #SealsforGood and tag @CaliforniaRealMilk to help those affected by the hurricanes.
Follow me on Instagram and Twitter and see how many times I Spot The Seal!
Until Next Time…
XOXO
These look absolutely delicious!! ?
Thank you, Jen!
I should try these to put in my kids lunches. Great idea!!
They make a great snack!
I think the rosemary is a nice touch, can’t wait to try these!
I really like the rosemary, a little goes a long way.
I love a good homemade cracker. These sound great with the fresh rosemary and sharp cheddar cheese. What a great combination
I never knew crackers could be so easy to make. These can be perfect for lunch box or snacks also. Not sure if I can get California cheese cheddar in Romania, but I will try with local cheese 🙂
Let me know how you like them!
I think you are right.. pepperjack would be awesome. I can’t believe that these would stick around long. I’ll need to keep the production line open to keep up with consumption.
Geoffrey, you are right. They didn’t last long, I made a second batch the following day.
Those are such pretty crackers! I’d love to make these for a party tray -they’d be perfect. Where did you get your cookie cutters for these?
I found them at Sur La Table during Valentine’s. They were in a group with hearts and o’s
This is a healthy way to eat cheese cracker, a homemade cheese crackers. My kids love cheese cracker, a great addition to their school snacks list.
I wish we had all those cheese varieties here. I’ve only seen normal cheddar and white cheddar, and I prefer the white one, I guess it will do? I can see myself eating a bucket of this crackers, they look so pretty and the ingredients so tasty!
Those looks yummy!!! 🙂 Great idea
Wow these look so good! They look like the most perfect snack. I have to try making these!
These sound so delicious! I love rosemary!
The crackers look fabulous, and I love that they support a great cause!
I will keep my eye out for the seal! What a great effort! Loving these crackers – how amazing. I will definitely try these – they do look easy to make (and tasty)!
What a yummy cracker recipe! I definitely want to try! Pinning!
These look really adorable and definitely delicious, looks really fun to make them.
I bet these are just little bites of heaven! Cheddar and rosemary is such a great combination!
I would love to make my own cheese crackers one day. I am always buying them for my toddler but I think they would love to help me make your crackers. The look delicious!
Yummy, I love cheese crackers. I haven’t thought about making them from scratch. Will have to give this recipe a try.
These look delicious. I’ll have to give them a try!
Thank you, Laura! Let me know how they come out.
This is so awesome, love that you made homemade cheese crackers. Do you think I could use dairy free cheese, as in vegan? Since I am lactose intolerant.?
Andrea, I’m not sure about using dairy free cheese, but I would certainly give it a try. Please let me know how they turn out.
I have never made crackers of any sort before. I can not wait to try these. Perfect to shape like pumpkins and serve at our haunted forest party! Thanks!
I’ve never made crackers before, but these look delicious. I’d love to give them a try! Pinned!
This is so not ok I’ve found this! Looks absolutely delish!
I’ve never made my own crackers so I’d love to try with this recipe. Anything cheese always has my name all over it
Mouth watering while im reading the recipe! Will try and spare time to make this as it’s such an easy and tasty snack! Thank you for sharing love!
oh my! these looks so yummy! LOVE cheese with fresh rosemary!
These sounds so wonderful. I love that added rosemary. Rosemary and cheese are some of my favorite things.
I am practically addicted to cheese crackers. I imagine if I made my own they would be so fresh and good that I would be in heaven. Ill give these a try.
Hi Mary,
what a great recipe they look so neat and yummy. Unfortunately, I can’t eat these because of food allergies but I have sent it to my mum who loves to bake! Morgan xx
I have never baked crackers but these look so tasty that I feel like trying the recipe myself. Perfect to shape like trees and serve for Christmas dinner.
I love the Tree idea, that would be adorable!
pinned this to refer back! I’m going to try this soon… I never attempted to make my own crackers, not sure why, but there’s always a 1st for everything ; )
thanks!
I’m impressed with how few ingredients go into making these very tasty looking crackers! I’d love to give these a try! Cheddar and rosemary go so well together and are the perfect flavors for the gal season. I will also take a pic of the Real California Cheese and hashtag for the hurricane victim donations!
Thank you so much for participating in the Real California Milk program it is such a wonderful way to help the families that were devastated by the hurricanes. I truly appreciate it!
Those look amazing! My son would love them!
These look absolutely scrumptious! Love these 🙂
These are the perfect snack! I would love to make these especially since I’m a huge fan of cheese. It’s not that difficult either!
Carol, they are so easy to make and I love that I can change the cheese to whatever I have in the fridge!
Oh my word! These look so good. I love puffy crackers and have never attempted to make them myself.
So creative! We love cheese crackers!!
I absolutely love rosemary, so these automatically sound delicious. I wanna give this recipe a try!
OOooo I love cheese crackers! These look delicious, and I really like your cookie cutter!
Thanks Cole, It came in a Valentine’s shapes cookie cutter combo.
OMG yum! I looooove rosemary. Such a genius idea to bake them into cheese crackers. cannot wait to try them out!
This look amazing!
Has to be so much better for us than Cheez Its that come in a box! Real ingredients make the biggest difference. Looks yummy! Gonna try it!
These look so delicious and healthy! I know my boys would love them so i’ll have to give them a try!
These are cute and look so yummy! I’ll have to send this recipe to some of my mom friends! 🙂
These look delicious! My little guy loves cheese crackers so I need to look into making them for him. This is going on my Pinterest board!
I’ve never thought about making my own cheese crackers before but this definitely makes me want to change that! Looks like it’d make a yummy snack!
Yessssss so much better than store bought. Always make it yourself if you can!
I am definitely going to have to try these. I am really wanting to start making more of my kids food from scratch instead of the processed stuff. these would be great!
These look easy enough to have my kids help with and would make a great snack at our next game night. Yum!
I’ve made homemade crackers before…healthier Wheat Thins…but haven’t tried cheese crackers yet. I love the shapes of these crackers, and would like to use a small cookie cutter next time.
These cheese crackers look delicious! I think these would make a pretty fun snack!
Omg can we say yum?!?! I never thought about making my own crackers! So need to try this!!
These look so yummy! Can’t wait to try these out! 🙂