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Pepper Jelly Cheese Wafers

I love to receive packages in the mail, especially this time of years when delivery trucks are up and down the streets all day long.  When I hear one stop in front of my house I’m at the front window in a flash looking for that big brown truck.  I was delighted a few days ago when I received this gift from Hillary Danner and Maria Newman, creators of JENKIN’S JELLIES
HELL FIRE PEPPER JELLY. They also sent me their cookbook, SWEET HEAT, so I could try a few of their favorite recipes that feature their famous pepper jelly.

5.0 from 2 reviews
Pepper Jelly Cheese Crackers
 
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Ingredients
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon curry powder
  • Pinch ground pepper
  • ½ cup cold butter, cut up
  • 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 3 tablespoons Hell Fire Pepper Jelly (adjust to taste)
Instructions
  1. Pulse all ingredients in food processor until mixture resembles peas. Gather dough into a ball and divide in half. Shape each half into a 10" log. Wrap each log in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2-24 hours.
  2. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with parchment.
  3. Slice each log into ¼-inch slices and bake 8-10 minutes.
  4. Cool on wire rack.
Notes
Crackers can be reheated in a 350 degree oven for a minute or two. For an extra whollop serve with extra pepper jelly.
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Pepper jelly over cream cheese, served with crackers is, a favorite on our holiday buffet table.   I selected SWEET HEAT’S recipe for cheese wafers because they sounded like the perfect cracker to serve with the jelly and cream cheese and they had plenty of flavor to serve on their own.  You really taste the complex flavors of the pepper jelly in this cracker and you can add more or less to suit your own taste.   There are lots of tempting recipes in SWEET HEAT like Peanut Butter & Hell Fire Cookies, Tilapia with Panko Crust and Spirited Saffron Sauce and Cole Slaw for the Soul.

Hillary and Maria have generously provided a gift set of their HELL FIRE PEPPER JELLY AND and SWEET HEAT COOKBOOK  for a giveaway and all you have to do to enter is visit and “like” JENKIN’S JELLIES  on Facebook and leave a comment on this post.  So easy.

Thanks, ladies, for this opportunity to try your delicious pepper jelly.  I can understand why it has so many rave reviews.
“This is my new condiment of choice…One Warning…it is highly addictive” – Mario Batali, Chef, Restaurateur. 

Pepper Jelly Cheese Crackers

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. 

Comments

  1. My sister lived in Charleston for years, and everyone used to serve hot pepper jelly and cream cheese at cocktail hour. They used Bremer Wafers which always tend to break. It’s great to have this recipe for those crackers. Thank you SO much for sharing it. So glad you won the giveaway from them and introduced us to this product and the cookbook. 🙂

    XO,

    Sheila

    P.S. I don’t do Facebook so I can’t leave a comment there. But if I could, I would!
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  2. I liked them on FB.

    YUMMY!!!! I do love cheese…cheese crackers, cheese anything. I have a stash of pepper jelly I need to use up too.

  3. Just in time for the holiday entertaining season and I have some homemade pepper jelly that would be perfect here. That cookbook would be perfect for learning other ways to use my supply.

  5. I used to make pepper jelly and have gotten lazy in the last couple of years and am pepper jelly deprived. This looks so good. I think I need an pepper jelly transfusion to kick things up for the holidays!
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  6. I have pepper jelly in my cupboard that we use. They’re great for the holidays, or any time for that matter!

  7. I just made cheese coins..didn’t have this recipe..Thank you! I have some habanero home made jelly..I will use that..Thank you:)..I don’t see myself finding yours in the next day or 2:)
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  8. I would love this for sure and I know my family would thank you. Yummmm!
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  9. Cathy, those crackers look delicious and that pepper jelly…well…great job!! Hope that brown truck keeps stopping by.
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  10. What a delicious treat for the holidays––or any day!!

    Best,
    Bonnie
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  11. These look delicious! Pepper jelly rocks! I must visit Amazon!
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  12. Ooops…forgot, your crackers sound wonderful…and with a bite!!
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  13. I liked their FB page… those crackers sound so good! Hot pepper jelly over cream cheese is a favorite of ours.
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  14. Love the cream cheese/hot pepper jelly combo. We often have it on rice crackers but these sound much more wonderful!
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  16. Ummmm, mmm! Pepper jelly is wonderful and I can imagine how delicious these little crackers are. I liked their FB page.
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  17. I have cheese crackers on my list of things to make this week, and thanks to you they will now have pepper jelly in them. I love that addition.
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  18. The crackers look so good, combined with pepper jelly, that’s a delicious combination!

  19. Yummy, I have a jar of homemade hot pepper jelly that has been waiting for this recipe!
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  20. Hot pepper jelly is a Southern stand-by at holidays. I “liked” their Facebook page and can’t wait to try their jelly. Great give-away Cathy. Love those crackers. I bet they are fabulous and have a bit of kick to them.
    Sam
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  24. Love pepper jelly – it’s a Texas thing for sure. Cheese crackers are a regular on our holiday table – love the idea of having the jelly on the side! Liked them on FB too!

  25. I love sweet, hot jellies, and this sounds wonderful- Liked them on facebook! 🙂
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  26. I love hot pepper jelly over cream cheese. Your crackers take this fabulous appetizer to a whole new level! Pinning now 🙂
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  30. The pepper jelly and crackers sound so good right now. One of my holiday favorites. I use pepper jelly for so many things. One of my favorites is spreading on grilled pork or chicken, halfway through grilling (after the turn). Delicious! Definitely pinning this product.

  33. Yum, those crackers look spicy and delicious! We are doing an appetizer party. I have to Pin these and give them a try.

    I visited and “like” them, enter me! What a fun cookbook.
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  34. Oh my gosh what a good looking recipe! I think I’ll try these for the Christmas party – plenty of pepper jelly fans there.

  35. These would make a great Christmas party appetizer. Yummy. LIKED on Facebook!
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  36. For these crackers, I should at least try to make some pepper jelly myself. They look delish!
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  37. I want to make these crackers! There is nothing like the combination of a hot pepper jelly and cheese. What a delightful gift!
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  38. What yummy crackers, Cathy! I’ve never tasted hot pepper jelly.
    ~Judy
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  39. I love hot pepper jelly and cream cheese. It is such an easy thing to do when entertaining. I make cheese crackers with cayenne but adding the jelly would give them a hot and sweet taste.
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