Cheez-it-ish Crackers

They had us at "Cheez".........

Per Nana ~

About a month ago hubby had a request for one of my old recipes 

called "Atwells's Delight".  It's a Tex-Mex style recipe calling 

for canned cream soups, enchilada sauce, chopped meat, etc.

AND Velveeta cheese.

Unfortunately, I did not look over the recipe before shopping so 

when I saw Velveeta I just picked up the box.  (2 lbs). 

 WAY TOO MUCH!

So far, in addition to the above recipe, I have made cheesy eggs,

 baked macaroni, etc. When this week's recipe came up I decided 

that maybe I could substitute the Velveeta instead of  Dorie's  

suggestions of Gruyere or Emmenthal.

 It might not have been the flavor that she had in mind -

 but they were very, very tasty. The crackers were flaky, like Cheez-its, 

and with the so called cheddar flavor they were  so delicious.

I have to admit that they could have been a little thinner and I

 will attempt to do that the next time I make them.

These will definitely be a repeat in our house.

Per Tricia~

Wow.  We all LOVED this, which should not come as a huge surprise.

 I even closed the book so my guys would not see the title of this recipe.

 They figured it out regardless.  Gastronomy scale aside, we are big fans of 

"Cheez-Its"...with a special affection for the white cheddar variety.  Which, 

thanks to Dorie, I replicated and improved upon in my kitchen this week. 

 Along with her recommendation that cheddar does wonderfully, I christened 

the new Cabot cheddar we got on our last trip to Vermont.

The taste was rich and truly less salty than the version that comes

 in the box. I mentioned to my family, who were gobbling these as fast

 as they could, that the herbed olives I recently made from FFWD would be 

lovely with this and all agreed HEARTILY. Truthfully I think I could have

 gotten them to agree to just about anything at this point but the combo

 is a great one.  And I will have many chances to test it as this recipe 

is so quick and easy that I am planning to make it many, many times. 

 I already have another batch on hand in the freezer. 

 While I played with cutting shapes like a holiday cookie -

 which truly went very quickly and I assure you I am quite lazy....as Dorie 

suggested in the "Bonne Idee"- the simple log cut outs were lovely as well.

The holiday root canal is now behind me and we are playing catch up 

with the "non Dorie" cards and gifts, work, blogs and comments.  Nana is 

busy preparing for the "Feast  of the Seven Fish" and we continue to enjoy

 the gorgeous holiday cards we receive from our fellow Doristas.  

Happiest of holidays and  warm regards to all ~