Quick and Easy Gluten Free Recipes for Crackers
By Trina Astor-Stewart ©
My son ate up these really quick crackers and asked for more the next day. I wish I'd had these to take along on our last trip. I sure will next time!
Yeast free, nut free, egg free, wheat free, gluten free, soy free, salt free, rice free, methylcellulose free.
Quick and easy to make whenever you like. If you miss having some cheese and crackers now and then, this is the recipe for you. Kids will love taking these along to school as a nice healthy snack. The Flax Seeds are hardly noticed in the final cracker, and add much needed nutrition to this easy and quick Gluten Free Cracker. This is an unleavened cracker, but you can add a scant teaspoon of baking soda if you prefer a puffier 'soda cracker'.
Step One:
Grind ½ cup blond flax seeds ( for light looking crackers) in a coffee grinder until very fine. Mix with
¾ cup cold water in a sauce pan and gently heat until the mixture thickens, stirring occasionally. Takes about 1 minute, mixture does not need to come to a boil. Set aside.
Blend well in a separate bowl
1 1/2 cups Astoria Mills Basic Mix #3
add:
¼ teaspoon Xanthan Gum
¼ teaspoon salt (optional)
2 tablespoons sunflower seed oil
2 tablespoons honey ( can be omitted)
and all of the still slightly warm flax seed mixture. ( about ¾ cup)
Blend well and knead into a ball of dough, place some Astoria Mills Basic Mix #3
flour mixture on a counter top and knead to make a dough that you can roll out in a thin sheet. If the mixture is too dry add a tablespoon of water at a time until workable.
Roll the dough out as thinly as you can and then cut into squares, triangles or cut out with rounds or any shape you like. Place crackers on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and prick each cracker 2 or 3 times with a fork.
Bake in a pre-heated 350 F oven until crackers are puffy and the edges are nicely browned.
Easy to make as needed and can also be stored in an airtight container for a few days.
For a Soda Cracker, with a bit of a rise, add 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda to dry ingredients and 1 teaspoon baking powder. Sprinkle crackers with a little salt, before baking, if desired.
