Homemade Challenge: Cheese sticks

I confess that I am a cheese freak. Chocolate I could live without, but give me my salt. As a kid I remember asking my mother to bring popcorn instead of cupcakes to my classroom on my birthday, and she complied happily, popping multiple bags -- and delivering them in a giant black trash bag. Appetizing. Thanks, Mom.

And cheese... well, I think I have passed this trait on to V-Man, who frequently turns up his nose at Kroger's shredded cheddar and demands instead Gouda and Edam. At a babysitter's house he opted for her jalapeno-infused mozzarella over those bright yellow Kraft slices. Obviously, since I like cheese, I'm also a big fan of cheese-flavored crackers. Problem is, I'm never quite sure what's in them... I mean, just what is "cheese flavor"? Plus (my real reasoning) those boxes are getting pretty dang expensive.

So I was super excited when I googled "homemade cheese crackers" and came across this recipe at Smitten Kitchen. I have now made it multiple times, and each run-through they get eaten a little faster. I have taken them to picnics, the pool, parties, teas... and many a time they have served as a late-night snack (blamed on my husband, of course).

The kids love them, too, except that V-Man, true to form keeps asking me to make them with Gouda.