These Cheesy Quinoa Crackers should come with a warning. They are seriously addictive. I have managed to work my way through batches of them as I tried to perfect the recipe. Having good intentions to try only one from each batch, and to freeze the rest, I failed miserably. Not one single cracker made it to the freezer.
Of course, the boys share my love of these crackers and so I can’t be solely to blame. Some also made their way into Finn’s lunch box. They are great to add to lunchboxes or to have out and about for a snack.
What I love about this recipe is that it is great to make with the kids. My two year old loved being in charge of the food processor and my five year old loved kneading and rolling the dough. They both enjoyed cutting out the different shapes.
Cheesy Quinoa Crackers
Cheesy Quinoa crackers are a great snack or lunch box item for kids.
Ingredients
- 80g (1 cup) Quinoa Flakes
- 1 tbsp Sesame Seeds
- 100g Butter
- 100g (1 cup) Cheddar Cheese grated
- 135g (1 cup) Spelt Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 3 tbsp Milk
Instructions
Preheat Oven to 180C / 350f and line a baking tray with baking paper.
Add the quinoa flakes and sesame seeds to a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
Add the butter, cheese, flour and baking powder and pulse until crumbly. Add the milk and continue to process until the mixture comes together.
Gently knead the dough on a floured surface and then roll, between sheets of baking paper, until approx 5mm thick.
Cut out desired shapes using cookie cutters.
Bake for approx 12 mins, or until lightly golden.
Allow to cool for approx 2 mins before transferring to racks to completely cool.
*Calories are an ESTIMATE using an online nutrition calculator. One serving is based on 5 small crackers (25 serving in a batch) read more here.
This Cracker looks so good, you make me smile, I remember my childhood again!!! Thanks you
Thanks Aria! ?
What are quinoa flakes?
Hi Jen, quinoa flakes are just rolled quinoa. They are quicker to cook and you should get them in most health stores ??
Would it work with regular Quinoa?
Hi Jo, I haven’t tried so can’t say for sure but you could perhaps try grinding / blending the quinoa and use that or do the same with some rolled oats.
I’ve never heard of quinoa flakes. Do you think you can make them pulsing quinoa in the food processor?
Hi Frida, if you pulse quinoa in the processor it will make quinoa flour. I haven’t tried the recipe with quinoa flour so can’t say for sure how it will work out but it is worth a try ??
What flour would you recommend to make them gluten free? Chickpea flour? Or just a regular gluten free mix? Thanks!
Hi laura, I haven’t tried any other flour in this recipe so can’t say for sure. I would give chickpea a try or your gluten free mis. Maybe buckwheat would be good? Let me know if you do try and how it works for you ??
Thanks Amy, I used Chickpea flour and my fussy eater ate them! I thought they tasted pretty good but cant say if they were better then the original, as I couldn’t compare.
Although my mix was a bit sticky so I kneaded in some GF flour to make it firm enough to cut. Note to other mummy’s, don’t make my amateur mistake of using soft butter instead of hard butter…
Can’t wait to try these! Where did you get your cookie cutter shapes from? They look fabulous!
Thank you! I got my cutters from a cookware store in Sydney but I can’t remember the name of it. You can probably get them online easily.
Another great recipe! Finally a healthy cracker the little ones enjoy! Bought some adorable animal cracker cut outs on Amazon too, so they’re fun to eat as well.
Looking forward to trying these for my little one! Just wondering if you’ve since tried freezing them and how they went? Love having things like these on hand to grab from the freezer when we’re out and about!
Thanks!
Hi Alexandra, I have now frozen them and they froze well. I’m always popping them into lunch boxes straight from the freezer.
Thank you! Going to make them this week. My daughter loves the mango coconut oat slice, so did I! Loving all these new recipes to try 😀
Hi Amy, can I use wholemeal flour or all purpose flour for this? Spelt flour is rather hard to find at my local grocer. Thanks!
Hi Joey, either should work well but as I haven’t tried it I can’t say for sure. Let me know how you get on!
Hi Joey,
I just made these using wholemeal self raising flour and they still worked a treat!
My daughter loves them!
Hi Alexandra, thanks for the feedback – great to know what flours work well in this recipe 🙂
These crackers are the best! This recipe is an absolute constant in our household. Thank you so much
Thanks Jade, this comment has made my day! Thanks for the feedback 🙂
Great recipe! I have a question, am I going to get from these ingredients 1kg of cookies??
Hi Violeta, these do make a lot of cookies – I’m not sure of the total weight. They freeze well though. Alternatively, you could half the recipe.
Delicious! I used an all-purpose gluten-free flour blend and these came-out perfect. The dough was very workable- I was able to re-roll five times without sacrificing the flakiness of the pastry. My fussy son was also a fan!
Thanks Nadine, so happy these were a hit with you and that your son liked them too 🙂
I hope you are not offended but I completely butchered this recipe because I did not have everything in the pantry/fridge to make them but really wanted to. I swapped the spelt four for teff flour, used unsalted butter but with a pinch of salt and added an egg because the dough was a little too dry. I also couldn’t get to my kitchen machine so I just mixed it up in a bowl without processing. Baked for approx. 17 minutes. Still turned out delicious!
Love it! So happy the recipe worked for you, even though you didn’t have all the ingredients! Thanks for the comment and detailing what you used to replace the ingredients. Great to know!