Made with 100% whole wheat flour and brown sugar, these are so much better than. Find out whats in a graham cracker and how they are made, then scroll down to the recipe to make your own graham crackers at home. In a large bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, allpurpose flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder. Yes, they are made with ingredients you know and recognize and are not processed. This low carb graham crackers recipe gets a much needed makeover. From what i understand, many commercial graham crackers are, sadly, made with white flour instead of the graham flour that is rev. If you dont have a stand mixer, a hand mixer may be used. Ive been wanting to make graham crackers from scratch and i believe the recipes i have found call for whole wheat flour. Step 1 pour the flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon into the bowl of a food processor and blend together. Easy homemade graham crackers recipe graham cracker recipes. Homemade graham crackers with a touch of sweet honey and. My mouth is now watering another amazing recipe you could use these graham crackers in is my 5 ingredient paleo sweet potato mini pies. And even if you arent glutenfree, making homemade graham crackers is a funand tastyway to experience classic graham crackers in a new way.
Place the flours, wheat bran, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in the bowl of your food processor and process until. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the flours, sugar, salt, cinnamon and baking soda. Almond flour is the main ingredient in these sugarfree graham crackers. Learn how to make homemade graham crackers in just minutes. I tried a version with coconut flour, but the almond flour tastes a lot more authentic. Mix 23 cup wholewheat flour, a little less than cup of wheat bran, and 1. Bake the cookies for 10 minutes and then rotate the baking sheet. Homemade graham crackers with a touch of sweet honey and cinnamon are the perfect snack and so much better than the storebought variety.
Roll it on a generously floured surface until it is about 18inch thick. I checked three different grocery stores in my area and none carried it. You can make this graham cracker recipe with all purpose flour but the crackers will taste more plain. Combine 2 12 cups flour with brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Broiler smores assemble smore on pan and toast under broiler for 23 minutes, until marshmallows are browned and chocolate melts. Mar 19, 2015 step 1 pour the flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon into the bowl of a food processor and blend together. For the perfect homemade smores, use homemade marshmallows, and honey sweetened chocolate how to make graham cracker crust. Our homemade graham crackers are, like most baked goods, much better than storebought. Jun 26, 2012 a recipe for homemade graham crackers. Ingredients makes 24 crackers 2 3 stick unsalted butter, softened 75 g 2.
The classic smore treat is a graham cracker square topped with a piece of chocolate bar, topped with a campfireroasted marshmallow, topped with. People inherently understand the value of a homemade chocolate chip cookie or brownies made from scratch. Sprinkle the top of the homemade graham crackers with the sugar and cinnamon. Store the baked graham crackers in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks. It lends a nice grain flavor to the graham crackers without being overwhelming. Graham crackers make a great snack and this homemade graham cracker recipe is the best.
Made with 100% whole wheat flour and brown sugar, these are so much better than storebought crackers. Made these for some smores that we decided to make rather spur of the moment. For all of the flour alternatives,if you flour does not have gluten then. My mom used to sandwich chocolate graham crackers with peanut butter for an afterschool snack, a combo i recreate by reducing the whole wheat flour to 10.
Homemade cinnamon graham crackers fresh april flours. Bake for another 6 to 8 minutes, or until the cookies are dark golden brown and just firm to the touch. Oct 28, 2018 for the perfect homemade smores, use homemade marshmallows, and honey sweetened chocolate how to make graham cracker crust. Transfer parchment paper and crackers to a rack to cool. Fresh an tasty and you can easily make them without going to the store. When they are cool, gently break apart along scored lines into crackers. Last but not least, the baked graham crackers can be frozen as well. My kids also love nut butters peanut butter, almond butter spread between the graham crackers. Homemade graham crackers recipe gemmas bigger bolder baking. Jul 11, 20 this will give it the authentic graham cracker look and feel and also help you separate the crackers when they are done baking.
It lends a nice grain flavor to the graham crackers without. Making your own homemade graham crackers bigger bolder. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter and brown sugar. I like to use white whole wheat flour because of its milder flavor, but you can also use regular whole wheat flour. Whisk the flours, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together. Its a flour similar to conventional whole wheat flour in that both are made from the whole grain, but graham flour is ground more coarsely. Jul 18, 2019 homemade graham crackers with a touch of sweet honey and cinnamon are the perfect snack and so much better than the storebought variety. They are slightly sweet and rich in flavor thanks to the molasses, plus they are so easy to make. The best recipe for homemade graham crackers foodal.
You might want to reduce the oilbutter in whatever recipe you are trying because the wheat germ will add that. Not surprising since i dont see graham flour sold in the stores. However, even seasoned bakers seem to turn to a box rather than a homemade graham cracker recipe. If you love making cheesecakes, or nobake pies, this graham cracker recipe is perfect for a delicious, tender, and healthy graham cracker crust. They are not as flaky as i remember as a kid and, quite frankly, bland. Storebought graham crackers are fine, but its fun and extra tasty to bake your own for something special. Jan 22, 2015 in a large bowl, whisk together whole wheat flour, allpurpose flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder. Homemade glutenfree graham crackers are a great healthy snack for kids, but adults love them too. These homemade graham crackers are infinitely better than anything store bought. Skip the boxed version and give these healthy homemade graham crackers a try. Sylvester graham 17941851, an early advocate for dietary reform.
If you like graham crackers, youll love homemade graham crackers. Remove them from the oven, and immediately cut them into rectangles with a pizza. I always use almond flour for my homemade graham crackers, because it crisps up nicely when rolled out and baked. This has been a popular recipe around here in the past. I dont know about you, but boxed graham crackers just dont taste like they used to. I bought a small bag of bobs red mill graham flour, which i found in the health food section of my local grocery store and which is. Jul 25, 20 whisk the flours, salt, baking soda, and baking powder together. Preheat the oven to 350, and line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Homemade graham crackers gemmas bigger bolder baking. These cookies are a fantastic snack or a dessert for those that dont like their desserts too sweet. The crackers will still be soft when you remove then from the oven but brown at the edges. This will give it the authentic graham cracker look and feel and also help you separate the crackers when they are done baking.
I really wanted to make smores with my daughter this summer and so i needed a good grainfree graham cracker recipe. I started on a quest to make the best smores for summer and realized that the graham cracker needed to be perfected. The recipe for how to make sugar free graham crackers. Rather than simply grinding the whole grain wheat kernel bran, germ, and endosperm, in graham flour the components are ground separately. Theyre perfect for snacks, smores, holiday baking and even pie crusts. Pop a homemade marshmallow over a crackling fire, then smush it in between two homemade graham crackers with a bit of dark chocolate and peanut butter. Homemade graham crackers made with honey dessert for two. Adding a healthy gluten free graham cracker crust to that sugar cookie greek yogurt gluten free cheesecake or maybe to the bottom of your easy sugar free no bake keto cheesecake for one. I tried a version with coconut flour, but the almond flour tastes a lot. Do you know why graham crackers are called graham crackers.
This homemade graham crackers recipe wont disappoint theyre delicious, flaky and so much better than storebought. As it turns out, a lot of people use graham flour to make these crackers at home. There are so many new things on our grahamcracker eating horizon with the creation of these paleo graham crackers. Just like with any other ingredient, graham cracker cookies are way better. Homemade graham crackers perfect for smores, pie crusts. Use the end of a bamboo skewer to make holes this will keep air bubbles from forming under the graham crackers as they bake. Jul 24, 2012 these graham crackers have just the right amount of sweetness, which makes them a perfect snack for your little guys and for smores. Add the cold pieces of butter and process until it looks like coarse crumbs. Homemade graham crackers all day i dream about food. Its really surprisingly easy and quite similar to making any keto crackers, except that you add a little sweetener and some cinnamon.
Sugarfree graham crackers recipe all day i dream about food. Healthy homemade graham crackers a smore just isnt a smore without graham crackers. This creamy blueberry fool is even better with a homemade graham cracker crushed over the top. I am not a huge fan of almond flour so i tried my hand at inventing a recipe with coconut flour as the primary ingredient. This recipe is based on my 3ingredient paleo crackers, which were also made with almond flour. With the processor running on a low speed, add the butter, one piece at a time, until the mixture resembles small crumbs. Remove your homemade graham crackers from the oven. Im so excited to share my super simple recipe for this bold baking basic, homemade graham crackers. Sylvester graham, a minister who lived and preached in the first half of the 19th century, carried on a dietary crusade in favor of whole wheat flour, arguing that to separate the bran from the rest of the wheat berry was against the will of god.
Stir in the sifted ingredients alternating with the milk and vanilla. Low carb gluten free graham crackers with almond flour. Place the flours, wheat bran, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in the bowl of your food processor and process until combined. These graham crackers have just the right amount of sweetness, which makes them a perfect snack for your little guys and for smores. I like to triple this recipe and keep a canister of graham flour on hand in the pantry. Even if you arent someone who feels particularly confident in your baking skill, you can make these graham crackers. May 29, 2009 graham flour a coarsely, exactingly ground whole wheat flour would be the obvious answer, since they originate with one rev. Jul 03, 2018 and, you guys, these low carb gluten free graham crackers with almond flour are so super stinkin easy to make yourself that youre going to wonder why you ever bought em from a box in the first place. Graham flour is a type of whole wheat flour named after the american presbyterian minister rev. As mentioned, to make this low carb, use a low carb all purpose flour for all of the flour in this recipe also, to make this keto use a keto all purpose flour for all of the flour in this recipe lastly, to make this recipe gluten free, use an all purpose gluten free flour. So for this recipe, i opted for a mixture of whole wheat flour, allpurpose flour, and. Easy homemade graham crackers recipe living on a dime to. This means you can always have homemade graham crackers on hand. Turns out graham flour is a type of whole wheat flour where the three parts of the wheat berry the germ, the bran and the endosperm, that would.
Grahams deliciously healthy legacy the part of his philosophy that i can agree with wholeheartedly. The crackers were made with graham flour, which is a combination of unbleachedwheat flour and coarselyground wheat bran and germ. Sep 21, 2017 use the end of a bamboo skewer to make holes this will keep air bubbles from forming under the graham crackers as they bake. Bake the crackers for 15 minutes, or until you begin to smell chocolate. Homemade graham crackers and smores recipe old farmers. Beat the butter, sugar, molasses, honey, and vanilla on mediumhigh speed until light and fluffy. Stir in the sifted ingredients alternating with the milk.
Sugar free graham crackers this is for those of us who want our graham crackers but, without the extra sugar added to them. You are more than welcome to use that if you would prefer, but just know that graham flour is a type of whole wheat flour, which is why a lot of recipes will call for a mix of allpurpose and whole wheat flours as you see here. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon in a. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, beat egg. Use an electric mixer to beat the butter and brown sugar together until light. Wrap in cellophane or place in an airtight ziplock bag. Grahams deliciously healthy legacy the part of his philosophy that i can agree with. In these homemade graham crackers, boyce uses teff flour to achieve a crisp cracker with a rich mahogany color. Or, you can use a pizza wheel to cut out any shapes you want. In a medium bowl, cream together the margarine, brown sugar and honey until light and fluffy.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, and. And the combination of whole wheat and allpurpose flours give the crackers. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and cinnamon in a bowl. Honey and brown sugar add sweetness while the molasses lends a slightly bitter edge. Theyre nutty and sweet with the perfect combination of spelt flour and raw honey. Homemade graham crackers recipe homemade graham crackers. Homemade graham crackers are truly something special. Cut into squares with cookie cutters and place on a parchment or silpat lined baking sheet. Sylvester graham, a minister who lived and preached in the first half of the 19th century, carried on a dietary crusade in favor of whole. But the dough will be very stiff, and you may need to knead the last bit of flour in by hand.
Besides just eating them asis, we like to use these graham crackers to make smores. Bake the crackers until darkened, then break along the score lines. Cut the graham crackers into squares without separating, and. Homemade graham crackers can be stored at room temperature for 23 days. Sep 03, 2014 the crackers were made with graham flour, which is a combination of unbleachedwheat flour and coarselyground wheat bran and germ. Used 12 cup or so less all purpose flour and 18 cup less butter.
As you may already know, it is pretty hard, if not impossible, to find sugar free graham crackers for sale. Homemade graham crackers recipe gemmas bigger bolder. This entry also says that you dont technically have graham crackers without graham flour, another invention of reverend graham. When i would walk home from school as a child, i had one thing on my mindmy afternoon snack.
One half was coated with cinnamon sugar and the other without. Did you know that i am one of the first people to ever develop a keto graham cracker recipe. I like using a combination of whole spelt or wheat flour and brown rice flour. Healthy homemade graham crackers made with spelt flour and. These graham crackers can be eaten plain, or used to make graham cracker crust for tarts, cheesecakes, bars, and even ice cream sandwiches. Rice flour is very light and has a grittiness that i think is ideal for graham crackers. Apr 22, 2019 homemade glutenfree graham crackers are a great healthy snack for kids, but adults love them too. Theyre nutty and sweet with the perfect combination of fresh ground spelt flour and raw honey. Sylvester graham himself, but that doesnt go far to explain the curious flavor of the cookielike crackers. Apr 30, 2018 healthy homemade graham crackers a smore just isnt a smore without graham crackers. You should keep my homemade graham crackers keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Nov 18, 2015 mix 23 cup wholewheat flour, a little less than cup of wheat bran, and 1. You can also freeze the raw dough to thaw and bake at a later date. We didnt have any wheat germ so substituted 14 cup almond meal and 14 cup flax meal, seemed to work nicely. Its nice to have a homemade graham cracker recipe on hand for pie crusts, smores, and snacking. To turn them into graham crackers, i started by adding sweetener and cinnamon.
Aug, 2019 this easy graham crackers recipe makes tasty homemade graham crackers at home. However, the flavor of homemade graham crackers is far. Healthy homemade graham crackers made with spelt flour. Theyre moderately sweet, like a cookie or biscuit, but they do have the. Crisp and light, these deep chocolate graham crackers are yummy spread with marshmallow fluff and peanut butter. Jul 03, 2019 these homemade graham crackers are infinitely better than anything store bought. Easy homemade graham crackers recipe graham cracker. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt. Oct 02, 2017 almond flour is the main ingredient in these sugarfree graham crackers. If you want to make homemade chocolate graham crackers, replace 3 4 tablespoons of the allpurpose flour with cocoa powder.