cracker recipes

[aztraea]

Anybody have one they like a lot? Thanks

[jjawm]

Alton Brown has an excellent recipe for graham crackers on his site. I've also found some good cheese crackers on allrecipes.

I *love* the idea of making crackers, but don't love the work so much. Except for graham crackers, where I can't find an affordable kind with no HFCS in it, I only make them as treats.

edited to add - work meaning getting the dough evenly rolled. I'm no good at that, and if some are too thin, they burn

[soni701]

Perfectly Rolled Crackers...

There are these great things called perfection sticks that help you roll out perfectly even cookies, pie crusts, crackers, etc... every time. They are easy to use and fairly cheap. I LOVE mine and the set comes in a variety of heights for different uses (cookies are thicker than pie crusts, for example). Good investment

[aztraea]

Thanks! I found some good ones at thenourishinggourmet site! What are perfection sticks? So intrigued and I can't find them on google

[StormySar]

i use dowel rods of different thicknesses for making sure my doughs are rolled out evenly.

[TwinMom]

Do any of you know of good gluten-free cracker recipes? GF crackers are SO expensive.

[aztraea]

I'm not GF, but I did find this when I was looking for general cracker recipes the other day. They look pretty
http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.co...-crackers.html

[WorkoutPregnant]

just good old crackers and peanut butter is my fave haha.

[sellendie]

Olive Oil Crackers

This is my favorite cracker recipe, awesome for bean dips and hummus. I often add something like rosemary, whole cumin seeds, or parmesan to make them even better.

Olive Oil Crackers:

1 1/2 cups semolina flour
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
1 teaspoon fine-grain sea salt
1 cup warm water
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

special equipment: pasta machine (optional)

Whisk together the flours and salt. Add the water and olive oil. Using a mixer with a dough hook attachment mix the dough at medium speed for about 5 - 7 minutes. Alternately, feel free to mix and then knead by hand on a floured counter-top. The dough should be just a bit tacky - not too dry, not too sticky to work with. If you need to add a bit more water (or flour) do so.

When you are done mixing, shape the dough into a large ball. Now cut into twelve equal-sized pieces. Gently rub each piece with a bit of olive oil, shape into a small ball and place on a plate. Cover with a clean dishtowel or plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 30 - 60 minutes.

While the dough is resting, preheat your oven to 450F degrees. Insert a pizza stone if you have one.

When the dough is done resting, flatten one dough ball. Using a rolling pin or a pasta machine, shape into a flat strip of dough - I can usually get down to the 4 setting on my pasta machine w/o trouble. Pull the dough out a bit thinner by hand (the way you might pull pizza dough). You can also cut the dough into whatever shape you like at this point. Set dough on a floured (or cornmeal dusted) baking sheet, poke each cracker with the tines of a fork to prevent puffing, add any extra toppings, and slide into the oven (onto the pizza stone). Repeat the process for the remaining dough balls, baking in small batches. If you don't have a pizza stone, bake crackers a few at a time on baking sheets. Bake until deeply golden, and let cool before eating - you will get more crackery snap.

Makes a dozen extra large crackers.