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Gruyere-Thyme Icebox Crackers

Gruyere-Thyme Icebox Crackers

This recipe adapted from "Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvres Handbook" (Clarkson Potter, 1999).

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  • Yield Makes 20 crackers

Ingredients

    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • 1 teaspoon coarse salt
    • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
    • 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme, plus extra sprigs for garnish
    • 3 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
    • 1 cup finely grated (2 1/2 ounces) Gruyere cheese
    • 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
    • 1 large egg white, lightly beaten

Directions

  1. Combine flour, salt, pepper, and thyme in the bowl of a food processor; pulse to combine. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cheese; pulse until combined. With machine running, add the milk; process until dough comes together and is well combined.
  2. Transfer dough to a work surface. Shape dough into a 2-inch-wide log. Wrap with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 24 hours.
  3. Heat oven to 325 degrees. Slice chilled log into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Transfer slices to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Dip a sprig of thyme into egg white, and place in center of a cracker slice; repeat with remaining thyme and crackers. Bake immediately, rotating sheet once, until crackers are golden brown and firm in the center, 25 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool.

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