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! Super easy to make and easy to shape, you'll have a batch made in no time! Great for lunchboxes, snack time and your next cheese plate.

Why you're going to love these crackers
- 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.
- crackers are familiar
- cheesy taste
- perfect for dipping or eating with cheese
- crunchy
- 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.
What goes into the recipe
don’t forget to scroll to the recipe card for quantities and the full method
- 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
How to make this recipe
- Preheat the oven to 190 degrees celsius. Combine all the ingredients in a mixer, mix on low for 1 minute. (Image 1)
- Crank the mixer to high and mix for 2 minutes (Image 2)
- When a dough ball is formed (Image 3) flour your surface lightly for rolling out. (Image 4)
- 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.(Images 5 and 6)
- Place on lined baking trays and bake for at 190 degrees 15-18 minutes or until crunchy. (Image 7)
Expert Tips and FAQs
- 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.
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.
These crackers keep well in an airtight container in the fridge, or you can even freeze them!
Chia seeds, poppy seeds and also sesame seeds work well in these. A combination of the three is also great.
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!
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Crunchy 5 ingredient cheese crackers
Ingredients
- ¾ cup greek yoghurt
- 1 cup wholemeal srf
- ⅓ cup flaxseeds
- ⅔ cup finely grated parmesan cheese
- ⅓ cup plain wholemeal flour
- ⅓ cup extra plain wholemeal for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees
- Add all the ingredients to a mixer (except the extra flour). Mix on low for one minute with the dough hook.
- Mix on high for 2 minutes.
- Roll out the dough to .5cm thick and cut with cookie cutters of your choice.
- Place on lined baking trays and bake for 15-18 minutes or until crunchy.
- Makes 70+
Sally says
I have been wanting to try and make my own crackers for a while and this recipe looks like a great place to start! And a lot easier than expected as well!
Robyn says
This is such an easy recipe for my son's lunchbox, and he absolutely loves them!
Sylvie says
I was just looking for a cheese crackers recipe the other week so this is absolutely perfect!! Can't wait to try it
Nathan says
Using that yoghurt dough seems so convenient, and these crackers look delicious! Can't wait to give them a try 🙂
Kylie says
It makes them so quick and easy!
Sisley White says
So much fun to make and tasty too. I can't wait to make them again.
Kylie says
Thanks Sisley, they are a favourite around here.
Sue says
We're addicted to cheese plates recently, and these easy crackers will fit right in to our 'meal plan' 🙂
Kylie says
Yes they will! Cheese plates are life!
Sarah says
Its so hard to find good savory lunch box options for the kids that will withstand a hot day. Must make this for kinder one week 🙂
Kylie says
Yes! I find lunchboxes so much easier when everything is ready in advance.
Alison says
I've been wanting to make my own homemade crackers for awhile, but I've always thought it would difficult and time consuming. These crackers are so simple, and look so delicious, I think even I can make them!
Kylie says
They are literally the easiest thing ever!
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry says
These crackers sound so cheesy and crunchy and so delicious! I love that you need just five ingredients too!
Kylie says
The fewer ingredients the better I reckon!
Anne @ Domesblissity says
This looks like a fantastic recipe. I'm always wanting to make my kids savoury biscuits instead of the store bought ones. Thanks for sharing at Thriving on Thursdays. I'm featuring this one at tomorrow's party.
Anne xx
Kylie says
Thanks Anne! I bought some little cookie cutters today and I'm going to do some airplane ones next week!
Lauren @ Create Bake Make says
These look great, I never would have thought to use yoghurt dough for bikkies!
Kylie says
Well, it works! plus the kids love them! 😉
Karin @ Calm to Conniption says
I have never heard of yoghurt dough! Off to discover some more ideas.
Kylie says
lol. Everyone's seriously yoghurt dough crazy!
Becca says
These crackers look awesome! Found you through the Weekly Wrap Up Link Party!
Kylie says
Thanks Becca, they weren't too bad! 😉
Ingrid @ Fabulous and Fun Life says
My teens & tween would love these!
Kylie says
Well, Miss 4 and Master 2 had demolished all but about 10 (with my help) by the end of Friday....
Emily says
Oops was meant to ask can you substitite with same quantity?
Kylie says
Yep! Same quantity.
Emily says
Can you substitute the flaxseeds with Chia?
Kylie says
Yeah! Why not?
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid says
So simple but so delicious! We're huge fans of yoghurt dough, especially on pizza nights! Thanks for linking up to the Ultimate Rabbit Hole.
Kylie says
Thanks Sammie!
I don't think I can live without yoghurt dough....or the Ultimate Rabbit Hole!
karyn says
These look delicious, I am going to make them over the weekend.
Kylie says
😉
kazatmeltingmoments says
These look so good and so crunchy. I think Dora would love them.