Ugly Crackers

These are called ugly because they look a little odd, being made with blue cheese. They are so good--nice with a glass of wine--and really fun to make. From The Harlow's Bread & Cracker Cookbook.

3/4 cup good blue (bleu) cheese

6 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups milk

1 cup sesame seeds

1 tbl. salt

1 tbl. baking powder

Mix all ingredients together until they are thoroughly distributed in the dough. Wrap the dough in plastic and chill for at least an hour.

Preheat the oven to 350°. Roll out the dough as then as possible [we use use our pasta maker on the lasagna noodle setting]. Place large sheets of dough onto parchment lined cookie sheets and cut across and down into squares, using a rotary pastry cutter.

Bake for 8-10 minutes. The crackers will turn golden around the edges of the pan.

Brickyard Pizza Crackers

From The Harlow's Bread & Cracker Cookbook. This recipe will surely make a lot of crackers (the author doesn't say); I would cut the ingredients in half.

1/2 lb. Parmesan cheese

2 tbl. oregano

4 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1 - 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes

2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. pepper

3 cups water

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup tomato paste

9 cups bread flour

Combine cheese with dry ingredients except flour in a large mixing bowl and blend thoroughly. Mix the water, oil, and tomato paste together, then work them into the first mixing bowl. Add as much flour as you can work in, up to 9 cups. When ready, the dough will ball up like bread or cookie dough.

Chill the dough for at least 60 minutes, then roll out as thin as possible. Note: We use our pasta maker to roll the dough thin enough.

Preheat oven to 350°. Place the rolled sheets of dough on a parchment-lined cookie sheet, score with a pastry cutter, and bake until done, about 7 to 8 minutes.