On Sunday I was planning on going to the beach, but unfortunately that didn't quite work out. I was considering slugging through the day whining "woe is me!", but then decided that I'd be more productive and a good deal less annoying if I made crackers instead.
I stumbled upon
this recipe from
The Kitchen Illiterate some time ago and filed it away as something that I really wanted to try to make in the vague future. Taking a look at it this past weekend, I realized that this looked incredibly easy to put together and that I had all the ingredients at hand (I love finding recipes that use normal ingredients that are already in stock in my kitchen). So I took to my kitchen and started mixing the dough!
These crackers are titled "Wholewheat Rosemary Crackers", and call only for whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder, dried rosemary, garlic powder, olive oil, and water. Simple and basic, just the way I like it. She also suggests that you could substitute the rosemary with any other spice, and offers the idea of cumin, so I divided the recipe in half and did half rosemary crackers, half cumin crackers.
I thought that rolling out the dough to be thin enough would be tricky, but it was surprisingly easy to accomplish (or maybe I've just gotten good at rolling dough out really thin since I made
the tortillas ). Cut them into cracker-shaped squares, popped them in the oven to bake (using my beloved parchment paper instead of oiling the pan, of course!), and took them out about 20 minutes later.
And: they worked! Not only do they look just like the ones in the photos over at The Kitchen Illiterate, but these crackers were gobbled up by everyone I offered them to (I personally prefer the rosemary ones but the cumin ones taste good with curry). They're alright on their own, but having a slice of sharp cheddar cheese on top of a cracker is my favourite way to eat these. They'd also be good dipped in hummus or any other kinds of salsas and dips.
I think that my family's store bought cracker days are over. From now on, it'll be homemade crackers! And the best part is that you can use any spice you want to give these crackers a unique flavour each time you make them. If you're really creative and clever with spices you could probably mix different spices together to make one very special little cracker.
Go now, get to your kitchen, and whip up a batch of crackers. Eat 'em with cheese and a glass of wine. It's the middle of the week, you deserve a nice little treat to make it to the weekend!
I stumbled upon this recipe from The Kitchen Illiterate some time ago and filed it away as something that I really wanted to try to make in the vague future. Taking a look at it this past weekend, I realized that this looked incredibly easy to put together and that I had all the ingredients at hand (I love finding recipes that use normal ingredients that are already in stock in my kitchen). So I took to my kitchen and started mixing the dough!
These crackers are titled "Wholewheat Rosemary Crackers", and call only for whole wheat flour, salt, baking powder, dried rosemary, garlic powder, olive oil, and water. Simple and basic, just the way I like it. She also suggests that you could substitute the rosemary with any other spice, and offers the idea of cumin, so I divided the recipe in half and did half rosemary crackers, half cumin crackers.
I thought that rolling out the dough to be thin enough would be tricky, but it was surprisingly easy to accomplish (or maybe I've just gotten good at rolling dough out really thin since I made the tortillas ). Cut them into cracker-shaped squares, popped them in the oven to bake (using my beloved parchment paper instead of oiling the pan, of course!), and took them out about 20 minutes later.
And: they worked! Not only do they look just like the ones in the photos over at The Kitchen Illiterate, but these crackers were gobbled up by everyone I offered them to (I personally prefer the rosemary ones but the cumin ones taste good with curry). They're alright on their own, but having a slice of sharp cheddar cheese on top of a cracker is my favourite way to eat these. They'd also be good dipped in hummus or any other kinds of salsas and dips.
I think that my family's store bought cracker days are over. From now on, it'll be homemade crackers! And the best part is that you can use any spice you want to give these crackers a unique flavour each time you make them. If you're really creative and clever with spices you could probably mix different spices together to make one very special little cracker.
Go now, get to your kitchen, and whip up a batch of crackers. Eat 'em with cheese and a glass of wine. It's the middle of the week, you deserve a nice little treat to make it to the weekend!