How to Make Homemade Cheez-Its

Thanks for posting this recipe.  This used to be my husband's favorite junk food until he read the ingredient label.  I see a special treat for him in his future...

the plural of Cheez-It is Cheez-It

Thanks.

I used to make this exact same recipe as little cheese-balls for parties. Only difference is you do not roll it out. Simply form the dough into small nuggets and bake. They are delicious. I never considered them to be Cheez-its, because they were not square.

Yep, this is what cross-ist postings get us.  Idiots bitching about the existence of a recipe.

These cross postings from DC-ist, SFist, and Gothamist have given me new found appreciation for the regular Chicagoist posters.

Is there a petition we can all sign to ask the ist to stop cross posting?

Alright. Agreed. But I am not kissing you.

 At least we only argue over important things...

like dibs ;-)

Some of these comments fall in the "not ready" category and can't become a Cheez-it.

Homemade Cheez-Its -- what a hipster trifecta!

1) artisanal
2) ironic
3) reconnecting with your cul-de-sac childhood.

GO BACK TO OHIO!!!

You'd probably fit in better over there, Bro.

So when do you drop the five-foot wedge of cheese from an airplane at 10,000 feet onto the little square cracker in the middle of a target? The recipe doesn't say.

Those homemade Cheez-Its look delectable. Any idea on how to make them Hot & Spicy? I'm really into the Cheez-Its  mouth-burn. 

I could see these being ripe for the introduction of a good slow-burn chili - something that doesn't kick your ass the first bite, but leaves you sweating after a few of them.

I'd recommend adding jalapeno into them in some way. Either some chopped jalapeno or maybe this jalapeno pepper salt you can buy on Amazon! http://www.amazon.com/Jalapeno...  Never tried it but it looks awesome.

The best/hottest cayenne pepper i've found I get at the vitamin shoppe, they come in capsules that you can pull open which makes it easy for measuring how much you want. Tastes great in cooking and is very hot.

Thank for posting this! I am going to make these with cheese flavor variations (maybe mimolette, or aged gouda), as well as using four times as much paprika, which will be of the smoked Spanish variety...

Anyone who makes home-made cheeze-its values their time very little.  

No, no, no. These are foodie snacks. They are good.

Don't you know anything?

Yes, the foodies foaming at the mouth all over this thread are delightful to share a meal with.  

Well gosh, JC - I couldn't imagine why people might be hostile to being told something they might enjoy doing is wasting their time, and that being interested in doing it is some sort of personality failure. 

Why, im sure theres a chapter in "how to win friends and influence people" about how making people feel like an idiot for liking things you don't is a sure fire way to get a positive reception. 

(Shorter: Obvious troll is obvious)

There is absolutely nothing in my initial comment that would remotely justify the mentally unbalanced reactions expressed here.

Except maybe for your mentally unbalanced comment. You are just being a dick for the hell of it.

really?

not if you enjoy cooking, you imbecile.

Get a job.  You'll see how much time you have to make shit that costs a dollar to buy. Looks like I've stumbled upon the online hangout of the Bored Housewives of Chicago.

EDIT: apologies to Chicago residents. Looks like these unhinged hipsters are the usual Gothamist suspects.

I have a job and probably make more money and have more fun doing it than you do. This recipe takes all of about ten minutes to make, moron. Also, in case you haven't noticed, food that costs $1 might taste good but generally is made with shit ingredients. Being able to make your own with quality ingredients is always the way to go, unless you enjoy being an obese sack of cancerous diabetic inflammation.

For someone so critical of people with too much time, JC sure has a lot of time to get in Gothamist comment section arguments with people.

If your cooking reflects your sunny personality, someone's getting poisoned tonight.  

You're not one to comment on my or anyone else's disposition.

Not your disposition, your pathological personality.  It takes a special kind of crazy to lash out like you do. What's your encore?  Burning the house of the next person you disagree with on a message board?

I agree with JC. SPsGhost sounds like a deranged jackass.

JC just seems like your average everydayasshole who eats shitty food. Congrats.

i'd rather hang with a home made cheez-it than a boxed cheez-it like you.

What a cheesy comeback.  

get back, you smell like dollar cheese, quit your job and take a shower.