homemade crackers?

[christianmomof3]

are there some good, healthy recipes for homemade crackers here? thanks!

[cristeen]

I make almond thins with 1 egg white and 1 c almond flour. Tear off tiny portions (about the size of your pinky fingernail), lay them on parchment and with the bottom of a damp glass, press flat. Bake at 325 until dry - about 15 minutes. You can make them sweet by sprinkling with a bit of cinnamon sugar before baking, or you can sprinkle them with garlic salt for something savory.

[Magelet]

I love sourdough crackers. We make one at work that's multigrain, mostly spelt, with a little... oat and maybe some other flour types, palm, coconut and olive oils, and such. If you let the dough sit in the fridge for like a week or two, it gets really sour, which makes it taste like cheese-its. Don't have the recipe though.

(It's just a tip you could apply to other sourdough crackers. perhaps a recipe such as this: (also added to my must make list) http://sarahs-musings.blogspot.com/2...-crackers.html)

These aren't whole grain, or otherwise all that healthy to me, but they are SO easy and SO good (and so much better than your average storebought cracker) http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/sp...hing-crackers/

I've been wanting to give this recipe a try. I lost it, and only found it again when I was looking for smitten kitchen's cracker recipe for you.
http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/...rackers-2.html

[ArcticRose]

I've been wanting to give this recipe a try. I lost it, and only found it again when I was looking for smitten kitchen's cracker recipe for you.
http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/...rackers-2.html

I just wanted to say thanks! I tried making these a few days ago and they didn't last long, we ate them all up! Now I am making a second batch. They are easy to make and very tasty!

Deeelicious!!

Anyone have a good Graham Cracker equivalent recipe?

[Amatullah0]

[Mommy2Austin]

[dachshundqueen]

Starting these this PM.

Liz

[kevinsgirl]

I got this recipe from the Moosewood Cookbook... It's softer than commercial crackers but really tasty!

Graham Crackers
* 3 cups of whole wheat flour
* 1/4 tsp of salt
* 1/2 tsp of baking powder
* 1/4 tsp of cinnamon
* 6 tbsp of butter
* 1/2 cup of honey


Directions

1. Sift together flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon into a bowl.
2. Melt together the butter and honey,
3. Pour this into the dry ingredients.
4. Mix with a fork, than push the dough together with your hands.
5. Don't knead or overmix.
6. Place the dough on a well-floured surface, and roll with a well-floured rolling pan to 1/8 inch thick.
7. Cut in rectangles (approx 1 3/4 inch by 3 inches) with a knife and prick them with a fork.
8. Place on a lightly greased baking tray and bake for 10 minutes in a 375 degree oven.
9. cool on a rack.

[ArcticRose]

Excellent! Thank you very much! I'll give those a try.

[Bay Area Babe]

Originally Posted by Magelet

These aren't whole grain, or otherwise all that healthy to me, but they are SO easy and SO good (and so much better than your average storebought cracker) http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/12/sp...hing-crackers/

I'm confused about this comment - the ingredients are spelt, salt and water? Isn't spelt part of the wheat family and isn't spelt flour just ground spelt? Maybe I'm missing something!

All of these recipes looks amazing and I've copied them all down to try. I've only made cheese crackers at home and while they're ridiculously good they're certainly not healthy! I think the recipe calls for a stick of butter and 5oz of cheese. Thanks for the thread!

[serenbat]

ridiculously good they're certainly not healthy! I think the recipe calls for a stick of butter and 5oz of cheese.

depends on the type of milk and cheese- but generally both are extremely healthy for you (whole milk/raw, grass feed organic, and cheese made from organic/grass feed without yucky other things is GREAT!)

spelt is in the wheat family

[Magelet]

Originally Posted by Bay Area Babe

I'm confused about this comment - the ingredients are spelt, salt and water? Isn't spelt part of the wheat family and isn't spelt flour just ground spelt? Maybe I'm missing something!

All of these recipes looks amazing and I've copied them all down to try. I've only made cheese crackers at home and while they're ridiculously good they're certainly not healthy! I think the recipe calls for a stick of butter and 5oz of cheese. Thanks for the thread!

I made them with refined white spelt flour. I suppose you could make it with whole spelt flour... it's lighter than whole wheat, so would probably be quite similar. (yes, spelt is part of the wheat flour. they make refined/white spelt flour and whole spelt flour). Also, the flour isn't soaked to reduce phytates. though honestly, other than it being cost prohibitive, this recipe probably would work fine with sprouted spelt flour.

to me, crackers with a stick of butter and 5 oz of cheese would be pretty healthy, depending on the flour, because grass-fed dairy is super healthy, packed with nutrients and the fat is needed by your body, and they help you absorb nutrients from other things.

[Bay Area Babe]

Originally Posted by serenbat

depends on the type of milk and cheese- but generally both are extremely healthy for you (whole milk/raw, grass feed organic, and cheese made from organic/grass feed without yucky other things is GREAT!)

You sound like my husband! I might agree with him if we weren't chubby but our problem is really the lack of exercise. We do buy raw milk and I often raw cheese, though I've needed need to just stick to organic cheese for now as it's $2 less a hunk and we're needing to trim back a few things financially.

Anyway, here is the recipe, which I picked up on a blog somewhere. Just found it harnessing the power of Google. http://travelingmama.net/?p=2861 I don't use all sharp cheddar as I think it would be way too rich, so I usually use a mix of sharp and mild or just regular.

I haven't tried this recipe for matzah but probably will next year for Passover. http://www.karaite-korner.org/passover.shtml

[siobhang]

I am currently making these
http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/...rackers-2.html

[Bay Area Babe]

Magelet - I just read the printed out version of that recipe yesterday and I noticed that she said WHITE spelt flour. I've only seen whole spelt flour at our co-op so I didn't consider that there was a stripped down version! So yes, I was missing something.