And that means I’m drinking hot chocolate and watching Christmas movies with the neighbors, not writing exciting blog posts to keep you all entertained. Today (Thursday) was a banner day for hits, and I appreciate all those who have stopped by to read. Welcome! If you’re not familiar, the blog is a combo of rants on food politics, thoughts on life and my journey towards owning a farm, and tales of cooking and eating. Since the past week has been mostly rants, for Friday, I’m giving you an entirely non-controversial blog post (unless you don’t think humans should eat wheat, in which case you will disagree with me violently).
So last weekend for a holiday party, I decided to make crackers. I was inspired by Miss Zumba, who had made them for my holiday party. I typically buy a lot of crackers, because I love eating them with cheese, and so the idea that I could make them and eat them that way rather than buying them was terribly appealing.
And so it began. You can find the recipe over at Fit for Life. The dough was rolled out:
Early in the process:
More crackers:
And finished, sprinkled with sea salt and baked:
These are actually super easy to make. I thought they’d be something like sugar cookies, which are a pain in the butt to roll and cut out. But this dough rolls out super easily, and I just cut out the shapes with the pastry wheel my mom bought me like a year ago that I’ve never used. It makes those cute scalloped edges. And I just sprinkled a little sea salt (because I love sea salt), and there you go. 7 minutes in the oven and you have crackers.
Now I used whole wheat flour, Miss Zumba used regular all purpose. Hers were a little softer (maybe she didn’t leave them in the oven as long either), and I thought mine where a little crunchier and a little closer to what I think of as a cracker texture (but I also buy whole wheat crackers from the store). They went over very well, and were almost entirely gone by the end of the night.
But then again, maybe that was the cheese. I also put together a cheese plate of Eve’s Cheese:
Jalepeno colby, garlic and chive colby (?), and cheddar. Yum.
Ummm homemade crackers…they sound so simple and delicious. I must add this to my baking list 🙂
Thanks for the shout out! You can totally use my name, btw…I go by “Aundra” haha!
I didn’t have any whole wheat flour, otherwise that’s what I would’ve used. Glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Well, I don’t use any names on my blog… so out of habit maybe you have a nickname. But I do like calling you Miss Zumba, so unless you’d prefer me to use Aundra…
It was an awesome recipe! I was so inspired by your crackers (which were really good too!).
Whatever you wish! 🙂