Create the magic of Cheeselings in your own kitchen and that too with a healthy twist. Made with just 3 ingredients, but these are sure to be a favourite of your kids.
Take processed cheese and milk in the grinder and make a fine paste.
Take whole wheat flour, semolina, salt, Italian seasoning, garlic powder and chilli flakes in a big bowl. Whisk everything nicely.
Add the cheese mix into this flour mix and gather into a dough. Just gather without kneading it. If need be, add little milk. But make a soft dough. Soft, because, semolina will swell and the dough will get stiff
Cover the dough and leave it covered for 15 to 20 minutes. You can leave it longer also, say for an hour or so.
Divide the dough into 2 or 3 parts.
Start preheating the oven. Preheat it at 180 degrees for 15 minutes. Do not heat the baking tray. Line the baking tray with a parchment paper.
Keeping the dough between plastic sheets, roll it thinly. But do not make it too thin otherwise they do not puff up.
Trim the edges and make cuts using a pizza cutter. Mix the leftovers in the remaining dough.
Keep these strips in the baking tray and start baking. No need to leave gap between the crackers as they do not spread rather they puff up.
For the initial 10 minutes bake at 180 degrees and thereafter reduce the temperature to 170 degrees. Also, at this time, flip the crackers. As by now, the bottom gets golden brown whereas the top remains white only. So, for better taste and looks, flip it.
Another 2 to 3 minutes and they are ready. Take out and let them cool down on a wire rack.
When completely cool, fill in an airtight container.
To bake in airfryer, preheat it at 180 degrees for 5 minutes.
Place the strips/crackers in the airfryer basket. Reduce the temperature to 160 degrees and bake for 7 to 8 minutes till golden brown.
When baking in airfryer, keep the crackers slightly big and thick otherwise they tend to curl because of the rapid gush of air inside it.