Sylvia's Graham Crackers

Sylvia's Graham Crackers

I have made these and they take a light hand but are very yummy. From Katzen's Enchanted Broccoli Forest Cookbook (modified a bit):

Homemade Graham Crackers
3 cups whole wheat flour
     (I prefer 1/2 cup unbleached white + 2-1/2 cups coarse whole wheat,
      or 2-1/2 cups graham flour if you can get it)
1/2 tsp. each of: salt, baking powder, cinnamon
6 tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 cup honey, warmed

Mix dry ingredients. Pour in liquids and mix with a fork, then push together with hands. Do not knead or over-mix. Using lots of flour, roll out 1/8" thick, cut into 1.25" x 3" rectangles, prick with fork, and place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for up to 10 minutes and cool on a rack.

I've made the dough with the steel knife in my Cuisinart, adding ginger and cloves, adding a bit of pumpkin, etc. They are definitely not the shortening wonders from the grocery store, but they are nice crackers.

Katzen has a cornmeal cracker in another book that I really like, and her gingerbread in the EBF is excellent.

from beadlizard
(11/29/00)