I’ve been making plastic-free snacks recently, and one snack I know people love is goldfish. So I found this recipe for them. I used Cowgirl Creamery Wagon Wheel cheese. This cheese is wrapped in paper and I buy it at the farmer’s market on Sundays. I got the original recipe here, but I made some changes. The biggest change is that I don’t have a fish shaped cookie cutter. 😦 So they just look like cheese crackers. They taste exactly like goldfish though. I’m going to buy a fish shaped cookie cutter and make them again. Here are the ingredients I used:

1 cup flour

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp ground white pepper

1/4 cup unsalted butter

1 cup grated Wagon Wheel cheese (you could use cheddar if you like)

1/4 cup water

Combine flour, salt, white pepper, butter and cheese in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

Drizzle water over top. Process until mixture forms a ball.

Turn out dough onto a floured surface. Roll to 1/8 inch thickness.

Use a cookie cutter to cut out desired shapes. I don’t have a fish shaped cookie cutter, so I made round ones. I used a shotglass to cut them out. Place on a greased baking sheet and prick holes with a toothpick. I use Silpats for baking. Silpats are nonstick silicone sheets.

Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, or until browned and puffy. Mine looked like this:

Place on a wire rack to cool.

These were really good! I highly recommend them. They’re pretty fast too. I made mine in under an hour. Enjoy! 🙂

Update 3/12/12: I went looking for a fish cookie cutter, and I found a whale cookie cutter. I figured it was close enough. Here they are shaped like whales: