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Place the flour and baking powder in a bowl and break the butter into it.
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Rub the butter into the flour using your fingers until you get a breadcrumb consistency.
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Grate the cheese into the flour mix and stir through.
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Gradually add the water a tablespoon at a time, use a round ended knife to cut it through the mix until it goes clumpy then use your hands to bring the dough together. You may not need all 5tbsp, you want the dough to all stick to together and not fall apart but not be wet.
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Roll into a ball and cover in cling film and place in the fridge for around half an hour to an hour.
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Scatter some flour on a surface or roll between two pieces of greaseproof paper an roll out the dough, it need to be thin, we are talking no more than 2mm, keep it as thin as you can to give it that lovely cracker type crunch.
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Use a cookie cutter around 2.5-3 inches diameter to cut out your crackers. Place on a baking tray, they don't need to be spaced to far apart as they don't spread much.
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Bruch the top of each with the melted butter.
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Place in an oven preheated to gas mark 6/200c and bake for 15 mins until nicely golden.
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Remove from oven and let firm up for 5 mins before trying to move as they are very fragile then transfer to a cooling rack, them go fully cold before eating to get the best crunch from them.