Blue Cheese and Walnut Crackers

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These crackers sounded so good I could not resist making them for a friend to make when having guests over to her new house. I read the reviews but more imortantly, I tasted my cheese! It was salty enough that I added only a 1/4 tsp of salt. I needed just a touch more water to bring the dough together and packed it up for my friend ,who reported that she had no trouble baking them, but did turn them over as others have done. She called me this morning to say they were a huge hit. Thanks Ina for making me look like a real baker!

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These were so tasteless I went back and re-read the recipe twice to see if I made some sort of error. Tasted like flour and a waste of a nice Stilton blue cheese. Just awful - we threw them away.

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These are excellent grown-up shortbread cookies, but I would absolutely follow the advice here before making them again. Although I love salty food, I would cut the salt either to one teaspoon or leave it out (I used kosher salt. I used true Stilton (as she recommends in the cookbook, and other ingredients as described, although I did double the pepper and crushed it in a mortar and pestle to increase the pepper flavor, and I think that adds a dimension that complements the tang of the cheese. They cooked perfectly at the temperature given. Next time I will let the dough chill a bit longer than an hour, since the log fell just a bit when I cut the slices. I love blue cheeses, and I suspect these would taste almost as good with a less expensive form of blue cheese.

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I cut the recipe in half for it's first spin in my kitchen. I also cut out the salt as I did not have unsalted butter. It is absolutely delicious. I will definately make these again and be proud to serve them to anyone.

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Easy, elegant and very tasty! I have made this for cocktail parties and just wine with the girls and it has been a huge success every time. I have to admit that I substituted Danish Blue for Stilton and it was still a huge hit. The hit to the pocket book was a plus as well. Danish Blue $8/lb, Stilton $22/lb. I have adjusted the salt to a bit less, but I think that is because the Danish Blue may be a bit saltier than the Stiton. I use Kosher salt.

At a recent gathering where I served these some friend put some of my homemade fig jam on their crackers and they loved it! Makes for a nice sweet/tang combo.

As always, thank you Ina for making my social gatherings a success every time!

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I used 1 1/2 sticks of butter, 1 3/4 cups of flour, a pinch of table salt and a pinch of kosher salt, 1 1/2 tsp of pepper, and pre packaged already cumbled blue cheese. I used about 5 TBSP of water to combine all ingredents. I also flipped them and cooked longer than instructed as per the suggestions below. I didn't roll the dough in extra flour to form, instead I rolled it with wax paper. My 8 yr old loves them. To her they kind of taste like Cheese-it's. I will make these again!

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I love blue cheese, but these were just nasty. Much better to spread some on a cracker!

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Here is how I serve mine- instead of rolling the crackers in walnuts I toast them and chop them into small pieces. I then serve the crackers with a slice of peeled pear and the toasted walnuts sprinkled on top. They are SO good!

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I can''t help but wonder if any of the folks who felt the recipe was too salty were using table salt. The ration of table salt to kosher is 1:2 & these instructions specifically called for kosher salt. I thought the crackers were fine but, as with all things, you have to like the ingredients before you can like the recipe.

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So easy and so delicious! I brought these to dinner parties for hostess gifts a few times over the Holidays. Everyone asked for the recipe and it was much better than my standard plate of cookies!