Homemade Graham Crackers
Making your own graham crackers sound a little bit crazy, but you will love how tasty these crackers turn out, and you pretty much won't go back to the store-bought ones! Making a cheesecake crust with these crackers will add some extra yumminess, which store-bought crackers can never compete.
Yield
12 servingsPrep
10 minCook
20 minReady
50 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
whole-wheat pastry flour
or white whole wheat flour |
|
| ½ | cup |
brown sugar
packed |
*
|
| 1 ¼ | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
butter, unsalted
cold and cut into small chunks |
|
| ½ | cup |
honey
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
molasses
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
milk
plus 1 tablespoon |
|
| 2 ½ | tablespoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | x |
sugar
for sprinkling |
*
|
| 1 | x |
cinnamon
for sprinkling |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 355 | ml |
whole-wheat pastry flour
or white whole wheat flour |
|
| 118 | ml |
brown sugar
packed |
*
|
| 6.3 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 45 | ml |
butter, unsalted
cold and cut into small chunks |
|
| 118 | ml |
honey
|
|
| 59 | ml |
molasses
|
|
| 59 | ml |
milk
plus 1 tablespoon |
|
| 38 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | x |
sugar
for sprinkling |
*
|
| 1 | x |
cinnamon
for sprinkling |
*
|
Directions
For the dough:
Add the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt in a food processor.
Pulse until mixed.
Add the butter and olive oil and pulse until the mixture forms into a coarse meal.
In a small bowl, add the honey, molasses, milk, and vanilla extract, and stir until well blended.
Add to the flour mixture and pulse until the dough almonts comes together.
It will be very soft and sticky.
Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface.
Knead it together, and shape into a disc.
Wrap it with a plastic wrap, then chill it until firm, 1 hour.
To make the crackers:
Cut the dough into two equal portions.
Roll the dough onto a well oiled surface into a long rectangle about ⅛ inch thick.
With a pizza wheel to cut the crackers, the size depends on your own preference.
Place the crackers onto baking sheets.
Pierce the crackers with a fork.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
Sprinkle the mixture over the crackers.
Put into frige until firm, about 30 minutes.
Place oven rack to upper and lower positions and preheat oven to 350°F.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, until browned and slightly puffed, rotating the baking sheets halfway through.
Cool on the baking sheets for a few minutes.
Place on wire rack and cool completely.
