Recipe: Baked Goldfish®-Style Crackers
How to make the childhood snack at home
While perusing the menu at NYC's L&W Oyster Co., you might notice something fishy about the snacks: house-made cheddar cheese "goldfish."
Don't turn up your nose just yet: Those crackers may align themselves with that iconic snack but are in a class school of their own. Every batch is made with an entire pound of sharp cheddar cheese, and the base is essentially buttery shortbread dough spiked with a little pepper.
Each little savory swimmer is pressed out of the dough with a cookie cutter individually, then baked to crisp perfection. We followed L&W's lead with the classic, but next time around, we might just invite some whales, turtles and dolphins to our under-the-sea snack party.
Recipe adapted from L&W Oyster Co., New York, NY
Baked Goldfish
Learn how to make L&W Oyster Co.'s baked Goldfish®-style crackers.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) cold butter
- 1 pound grated sharp cheddar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
- In a food processor, pulse all the ingredients until a dough forms.
- Separate the dough into 3 balls. Press down on each ball to form a 1-inch-thick disk. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 325°. Using a rolling pin, roll each disk out to ⅛ inch thick. Use a goldfish-shaped cutter to cut out the crackers and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Reroll and cut the remaining dough scraps.
- Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the goldfish begin to crack around the edges. Remove and let cool for 30 minutes before eating.
Nutrition
| Calories per Serving | 72 |
| Total Fat | 5.0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2.9 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.2 g |
| Cholesterol | 13.9 mg |
| Total Carbohydrates | 4.1 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.1 g |
| Total Sugars | 0.0 g |
| Sodium | 73.3 mg |
| Protein | 2.7 g |
