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Crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers

Name: Crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 23 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup greek yoghurt; 1 cup wholemeal srf; 1/3 cup flaxseeds; 2/3 cup finely grated parmesan cheese; 1/3 cup plain wholemeal flour; 1/3 cup extra plain wholemeal for rolling

Published: May 28, 2015. Modified: Oct 26, 2020 By: kidgredients · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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These crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers are made using yoghurt dough! If you don’t already know and love this dough, then now is the time to get on the bandwagon!

hand holding a crunchy 5 ingredient cheese cracker

And these crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers are the perfect way to start.

What is yoghurt dough?

It’s a super simple combination of yoghurt and self raising flour that works to make a dough. No need to leave to rise, no yeast, just yoghurt and self raising flour. It works because the flour already contains a rising agent and the yoghurt helps to activate it.

crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers in a snack container with cheese and tomatoes and an apple

There are loads of yoghurt dough options on the blog:

apple pie yoghurt dough scrolls for a sweet treat
spinach yoghurt dough for extra goodness
and even pizzas made with yoghurt dough

Why the kids love them

crackers are familiar
cheesy taste
perfect for dipping or eating with cheese
crunchy

Crackers in the lunchbox

My kids love recess lunchboxes, because they always have cheese and crackers. It is a favourite thing. We swap cheeses sometimes but mostly use Babybel cheeses as they love the flavour and the wax means they stay fresh and cold.

crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers on a tray

How many crackers does one batch make?

This depends on the cutters you use, I go with small and cute for things like this because it means I get a load of crackers from my one cook up. I get a minimum of 70 crackers from the dough. I decided that I would cut these using a knife, into rows and then squares.

crackers in a yumbox mini snack and on a wire rack

Ingredients

yoghurt (good quality greek style works best)
self raising flour (I’ve used wholemeal)
flax seeds (perfect for adding extra fibre into your kids diet)
parmesan cheese (grate from a block as you can grate it much finer)
plain flour because we want a mix or it will rise too much

cheese, flour, self-raising flour, yoghurt and flax seeds

Making the crackers

Step one: Preheat the oven to 190 degrees celsius. Combine all the ingredients in a mixer, mix on low for 1 minute.
Step 2: crank the mixer to high and mix for 2 minutes
Step 3: Roll out the dough to .5cm thick and cut with cookie cutters of your choice. Or cut into rows with a knife and then cut into little squares.
Step 4: Place on lined baking trays and bake for at 190 degrees 15-18 minutes or until crunchy.

Stand mixer

You could, if you didn’t have a stand mixer possibly use hand beaters or even a food processor for these crackers, but it is a quite strong or heavy dough, so trying this by hand might be too hard!

Variations:

Chia seeds, poppy seeds and also sesame seeds work well in these. A combination of the three is also great.

crackers just out of the oven on a baking tray

Top tips for crunchy crackers:

these need a fair bit of flour for rolling out, or do it between two sheets of baking paper
keep an eye on them in the oven from about the 15 minute mark, but you need them to brown to be crunchy
store in an airtight container for maximum freshness when they are completely cold.

Storage

These crackers keep well in an airtight container in the fridge, or you can even freeze them!