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Raw ingredients including flour, cottage cheese, and cold butter ready to be mixed into cracker dough.

Golden-Brown & Crispy Cottage Cheese Crackers

These perfectly golden-brown cottage cheese crackers are packed with savory flavor and bake up with an incredibly airy, crispy texture. A simple, rustic snack you will make on repeat!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 40 crackers
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: American
Calories: 25
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cracker Dough
  • 1 cup All-Purpose Flour (120g)
  • 1/2 cup Full-Fat Small Curd Cottage Cheese (113g)
  • 3 tbsp Cold Unsalted Butter (42g), cubed
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Powder (2g)
  • 1/2 tsp Kosher Salt (3g)
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder (2g)

Equipment

  • 1 Baking Sheet Large rimmed baking sheet for even cooking.
  • 1 Rolling Pin Essential for rolling the dough out to an even thickness.

Method
 

Step-by-Step Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C) and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and garlic powder.
  2. Add the cold, cubed butter. Use a pastry cutter or your fingers to quickly cut the butter into the flour until it resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Gently fold in the cottage cheese until a shaggy dough forms, taking care to leave the curds intact for texture.
  4. Place dough on parchment paper, roll out to 1/8-inch thickness, score into 1.5-inch squares with a pizza cutter, and prick each with a fork.
  5. Transfer parchment to the baking sheet and bake for 18-20 minutes until a deep golden-brown crust forms. Let cool completely before snapping apart.

Notes

Keep Your Butter Freezing Cold: Warm butter will absorb into the flour, resulting in a tough cracker rather than an airy, crisp texture.
Embrace the Bumps: Resist the urge to blend the cottage cheese. The visible curds in the dough translate to gorgeous rustic bumps on the baked crackers.