Everything Bagel Whole Grain Crackers
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Yield 4 dozen
Teaching students how to make crackers helps them to feel that even in a pinch they’ll be able to pull off a healthy snack or appetizer for surprise guests this holiday season!
Crackers are not only easy to make, but they can be made from a host of different ingredients that live in the pantry. Using a base recipe that I once received from my very gifted culinary friend, Sarah, I make crackers often when I have very little time to get a healthy snack together for a gathering, party, or as a nice addition to cheese or soup.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour*
2 tsp salt
1/2 cup milk or plain yogurt/kefir
The following ingredients are grains of your choice totaling 1 1/3 cup
1/3 cup flax seeds
1/8 cup amaranth
1/8 cup millet
1/8 cup sesame seeds
1/8 cup chia seeds
2 tbsp raw agave
1/3 cup coconut oil or olive oil (really any healthy oil will do!)
2 Tbsp Trader Joe's Everything But The Bagel seasoning blend
*Try any nut flour or gluten free flour you like here, just keep in mind that the finished product will change slightly with each different type of "flour".
Instructions
Combine dry ingredients and wet ingredients in separate bowls. Mix each separately, then combine together.
Divide dough into three parts, and working in batches, roll out dough onto a Silpat or piece of parchment paper that is heavily floured.
Making sure your rolling pin is floured constantly, roll dough to a thickness of 1/32 of an inch. In other words: very thin.
Using a pizza cutter, gently (so as not to slice the Silpat) cut crackers into even strips and then squares. There will be no need to separate them as they will shrink and separate a bit while baking.
Bake in an oven set to a temperature just shy of 300 degrees and remove crackers when golden brown and crispy. because of their water content, the crackers in the very middle of the pan will feel a touch soft when they are hot, but should cool to a nice crispness (about 30 minutes).
If they are still too soft, return them to the oven. Keep in mind that the crackers on the border of your sheet tray will be crispier than the crackers toward the center, so remove finished crackers as need from your baking sheet until all crackers are baked to your liking.
Notes
Go Gluten-Free! Thanks to Evie's recipe testing, we now know that using gluten-free flour, like almond meal or another type of GF flour blend, will work so substitute as needed.
Courses snack, appetizer
Recipe by Vie at https://getvie.com/full-circle/