Whole Wheat Crackers

Today I made something that I’ve been wanting to make for a while. I’ve made crackers before, but I would really like to get into the habit of doing it regularly. The thing that got me going was my baby. He loves crackers for a snack, but I don’t like giving him the saltine crackers everyone normally buys. They’re made with white flour which once it enters our body is basically treated like sugar. So I made my first attempt today. It’s a bit of work, but the flavour of whole wheat crackers is incredible.

Basically, I took my biscuit recipe and left out the baking powder and halved the baking soda. I was happy with the results but feel like I need to do some more tweaking. I’ll update you as I go along. In the meantime, if you would like to make your own crackers here is how I did it.

When you cut the butter into your flour, salt and baking soda the crumbs should be about the size of small peas.

After mixing the dough I put it on my counter to knead for a few times to make it smooth.

I rolled the dough out and then cut it into squarish shapes. These aren’t pretty crackers that all line up evenly (unless you’re better than I am at rolling a perfectly square shape to cut your crackers from), but the taste is great so looks don’t matter. ☺