Pilgrims and Pioneers: Homemade Cheddar Crackers

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Homemade Cheddar Crackers

Ingredients
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1/2 cup butter or margarine
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1 1/2 cups flour - sifted
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon baking powder
a few grinds of fresh black pepper
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1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
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1 cup monterey jack cheese - shredded
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1 cup colby jack cheese - shredded

Directions
Preheat oven to 400°.
In a mixing bowl, stir the dry ingredients and then cut in the butter to resemble the consistency of cornmeal.
Blend in the cheeses with a fork until well blended.
Shape into 1 1/2 to 2 inch rolls.
Chill for 30-40 minutes in the refrigerator and then slice each roll into slices approximately 1/4 inch thick.
Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for approximately 10 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheet and let cool.
Store the cooled crackers in an airtight container.
Freezes well.
*These crackers can be made crispier by slicing them thinner before baking.