My oldest loves graham crackers with cream cheese. Unfortunately, store bought graham crackers are full of unhealthy ingredients, such as high fructose corn syrup. I'm really trying to make an effort and not buy foods which contain HFCS, MSG (monosodium glutamate, and sodium nitrate/nitrite.
I did some google searching and came across a recipe for homemade graham crackers. I haven't tried them yet, but they sound good.
Here's the link to the recipe I found at HeavenlyHomemakers.com, which I need to poke around a bit. Looks like it may have some good info.
The recipe is as follows:
Whole Wheat Honey Graham Crackers
2 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup rapadura or sucanat (dehydrated cane sugar juice)
1 t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
¼ t. cinnamon
4 T. honey
¼ c. water
1 t. vanilla
1 stick butter, melted
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt stick of butter in a pan on the stove. Set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
4. Add the liquids: honey, water, vanilla and melted butter.
5. Stir well until a nice ball of dough is formed.
6. Cut two pieces of Parchment paper the size of the cookie sheet.
7. Lay one piece of parchment paper on the cookie sheet.
8. Place the ball of dough on the parchment paper.
9. Lay the other piece of parchment paper on top of the ball of dough. Squish dough down a little with your fist.
10. Use the rolling pin to roll the dough between the pieces of parchment paper. Roll until the dough covers the whole cookie sheet.
11. Remove the top piece of parchment paper. Cut rolled dough into 2 inch squares, or cut shapes with cookie cutters, being sure to separate the shapes from the surrounding dough a little.
12. Bake in oven for 18 minutes.
13. Turn oven off, but leave crackers in the oven to get crisp.
14. Remove from oven after 30 minutes to one hour. Break graham crackers apart.
15. Store in a air tight container.
When I make these, I'm using 1/8 tsp. salt and substituting 1/4 cup brown sugar for the 1/2 cup rapadura or sucanat. The butter will need some substituting, but I'm going to use the full stick for the first try.
I have started a new blog, in case anyone is interested. It's called Ice Princess's Healthy Living Naturally and is about all things healthy and green related to my lifestyle and any tips/articles that I find interesting.
I did some google searching and came across a recipe for homemade graham crackers. I haven't tried them yet, but they sound good.
Here's the link to the recipe I found at HeavenlyHomemakers.com, which I need to poke around a bit. Looks like it may have some good info.
The recipe is as follows:
Whole Wheat Honey Graham Crackers
2 ¼ cups whole wheat flour
½ cup rapadura or sucanat (dehydrated cane sugar juice)
1 t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
¼ t. cinnamon
4 T. honey
¼ c. water
1 t. vanilla
1 stick butter, melted
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt stick of butter in a pan on the stove. Set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.
4. Add the liquids: honey, water, vanilla and melted butter.
5. Stir well until a nice ball of dough is formed.
6. Cut two pieces of Parchment paper the size of the cookie sheet.
7. Lay one piece of parchment paper on the cookie sheet.
8. Place the ball of dough on the parchment paper.
9. Lay the other piece of parchment paper on top of the ball of dough. Squish dough down a little with your fist.
10. Use the rolling pin to roll the dough between the pieces of parchment paper. Roll until the dough covers the whole cookie sheet.
11. Remove the top piece of parchment paper. Cut rolled dough into 2 inch squares, or cut shapes with cookie cutters, being sure to separate the shapes from the surrounding dough a little.
12. Bake in oven for 18 minutes.
13. Turn oven off, but leave crackers in the oven to get crisp.
14. Remove from oven after 30 minutes to one hour. Break graham crackers apart.
15. Store in a air tight container.
When I make these, I'm using 1/8 tsp. salt and substituting 1/4 cup brown sugar for the 1/2 cup rapadura or sucanat. The butter will need some substituting, but I'm going to use the full stick for the first try.
I have started a new blog, in case anyone is interested. It's called Ice Princess's Healthy Living Naturally and is about all things healthy and green related to my lifestyle and any tips/articles that I find interesting.
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