Homemade Organic Goldfish Crackers

After many, many requests via FB, here is the delicious recipe for homemade goldfish crackers!  Hope your kids enjoy them as much as mine do!

Goldfish Crackers:

1 c all-purpose flour

4 T cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

8 oz cheddar cheese 

1/2 t salt

1/2 t fresh-ground pepper

A fish cookie cutter.

Pulse the flour, butter, cheese, salt, and pepper together using a food processor until the mixture resembles coarse meal.  Pulse in 3 to 4 tablespoons of water, one tablespoon at a time, and only enough so that the dough forms a ball and rides the blade.  Remove, wrap in plastic, and chill for 20 minutes or up to 24 hours.

Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper and set aside.  Roll the dough out to 1/8-inch thickness. (If you roll it thicker, it will still work, but the crackers won't be quite as crunchy. This dough rolled out so easily; you'll wish that you always worked with cheddar!)  Cut out as many crackers as possible.  Place them 1 inch apart on the prepared baking pans.  Bake at 350 F until golden and crisp - 15 to 20 minutes.

We used mini apple shapes, fish shapes and bunny shapes for our crackers

Golden and crispy!

It was hard to let them cool before popping them in our mouths!

  *Just to add, I used all organic ingredients to make them an even healthier option.  I also made them with extra sharp cheddar.  Andy even liked eating these and he doesn't normally care for goldfish crackers.  I have some mild cheddar I'd like to try as well as maybe giving some pepper jack or adding some other seasonings on our next attempts.

These are as easy as they are delicious.  Kendall actually helped me cut out the little shapes to make them.  I found miniature cookie cutters at HERE for a reasonable price.  The fish one is not exactly like the Peppridge Farms fish shape but my kids didn't care.  You can find one more like it HERE but it's more expensive and I knew that didn't matter to my kids.

ENJOY!