

Cheddar Cheese Wafers are sort of like a homemade cracker, but better. This popular recipe is a combination of cheddar cheese, flour and Rice Krispies, seasoned with red pepper flakes and thyme. They have a little zing and a nice crunch, and are the perfect complement to a glass of red wine.
Recently my husband asked me to make them for a Game Night with the guys. I thought that was a good reason to try and make this old recipe gluten free. Without experimenting I simply substituted my homemade gluten free flour mix for the wheat flour and it worked.
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I learned a lot while writing my yearlong blog series on How To Use many different gluten free flours. But as an everyday home cook I can only experiment and tweak so much. Someone has to eat all the food I make and I’ve always got more recipes to work on.
But for the cheese lovers out there who get hooked on these wafers this is how I would start to tweak this recipe. Go for your definition of perfection, make some notes about what you did and you’ll be well on your way to substituting success.
We love Maclaren’s Imperial Sharp Cheddar cheese sold in the little red tub. It’s the same cheese I use for my homemade Mac and Cheese because it has that tangy cheese flavour you can’t get enough of. I also find the Kraft website provides good information about which of their products are gluten free and I like that.
In Canada we can still find gluten free Rice Krispies from Kellogg’s. If you can’t get them substitute any puffed rice cereal, crushed cornflakes or even puffed quinoa. Experiment to suit your taste and what you keep in your pantry.
Every kitchen needs some good quality scoops, the kind with a thumb release. They are perfect for portioning cookie dough, meatballs, muffins, ice cream and these cheese wafers. They make portioning quick and easy plus give you a consistent size for even baking.There are many sizes available but I seem to be able to do all of these jobs with just three sizes. Mine are 1 tablespoon, 1½ tablespoons and 3 tablespoons and I’ve been using them in my kitchen for years.
Let me know in the comments below how these cheese wafers turned out for you and what flour you used.
1 cup gluten free flour mix (I used my mix) |
¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes |
pinch of salt |
¼ tsp xanthan gum |
½ cup butter, room temperature |
12 oz sharp Cheddar cheese, crumbled* |
1 tsp dried thyme (or 1 Tbsp fresh) |
1 cup GF Rice Krispies |
*I use 1½ tubs (230g each) of Maclaren’s Imperial Sharp Cheddar |
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Made these and increased the Gluten Free brown Rice Krispies to 1 1/2 cups.
Worked well. May even be tempted to go to 2 cups
I used 3/4 cup American Test Kitchen flour and 1/4 cup almond flour
Hi Jean! Thanks so much for letting me know, my husband was just asking me to make them. I’ve made lots of my recipes with ATK flour but I haven’t made these with almond flour. I’ve got the cheese in my fridge so I think I’ll try that!