Nabisco Cheese Nips

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Nabisco Cheese Nips

by Todd Wilbur

 

 

Here's a clone recipe that gets one very important ingredient from

another packaged product. The powdered cheese included in the Kraft instant

macaroni & cheese kits flavors this homegrown version of the popular bright

orange crackers. You'll need a can of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Cheese Topping

or two boxes of the most inexpensive instant variety of macaroni & cheese;

you know, the kind with the cheese powder. Two boxes will give you enough

cheese to make 300 crackers. As for the macaroni left over in the box, just

use that for another recipe requiring elbow macaroni.

 

1 cup sifted all-purpose flour

(plus 1/2 cup divided & reserved for kneading and rolling)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 cup Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Cheese Topping powder

(or 2 packages dry cheese powder from 2 boxes Kraft macaroni & cheese)

3 tablespoons vegetable shortening

1/3 cup buttermilk

1/2 teaspoon salt (for tops, optional)

 

1. Sift together 1 cup flour, baking soda, baking powder and cheese powder

in a large bowl.

2. Cut in the shortening with a fork and knife with a crosswise motion until

dough is broken down into rice-size pieces. Mixture will still be very dry.

3. Stir in buttermilk with a fork until dough becomes very moist and sticky.

4. Sprinkle a couple tablespoons of the reserved flour over the dough and

work it in until it can be handled without sticking, then turn it out onto a

floured board, being sure to keep 1/4 cup of the reserve flour for later.

Knead the dough well for 60 to 90 seconds, until the flour is

well-incorporated. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least one

hour.

5. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a light coating of cooking spray on a

baking sheet.

6. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and use the remaining reserve

flour to dust a rolling surface. Roll about one-third of the dough to just

under 1/16th of inch thick. Trim the edges square (a pizza cutter or wheel

works great for this), then transfer the dough to a lightly greased baking

sheet. Use the rolling pin to transfer the dough. Simply pick up one end of

the dough onto a rolling pin, and roll the dough around the rolling pin.

Reverse the process onto the baking sheet to transfer the dough.

7. Use a pizza cutter to cut across and down the dough, creating 1-inch

square pieces. Use the blunt end of a skewer or broken toothpick to poke a

hole in the center of each piece.

8. Sprinkle a very light coating of salt over the top of the crackers

(crackers will already be quite salty) and bake for 8-10 minutes, mix the

crackers around (so those on the edge don’t burn) and bake for another 3-5

minutes, or until some are just barely turning a light brown. Repeat the

rolling and baking process with the remaining dough.

 

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Makes approximately 300 crackers.

 

 

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