Graham Crackers

Sure its easier to buy Graham Crackers but there is no comparison to the homemade version. These melt in your mouth. It is a good lazy weekend recipe when you know you will be homebound most of the day.

Ingredients:

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp sea salt
8 Tbs butter/ 1 stick, cut into cubes and chilled
1/3 cup honey
1/4 cup milk
2 Tbs vanilla

Instructions:

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a food processors and combine. Add cold butter and combine until the mixture is like bread crumbs and holds together loosely.

In a large bowl combine flour mixture with honey, milk and vanilla and mix until the dough comes together. It will be soft and a little sticky. Place dough on a sheet of parchment paper and layer another piece of parchment paper on top. Press down on dough until it is about 1″ thick. Put in refrigerator and chill for at least 2 hours.

When dough is firm, divide in half and return one half to refrigerator. Place dough between two pieces of parchment paper and roll out dough into a long rectangle about 1/8″ thick. Cut rectangles of squares using a cookie cutter or sharp knife. Place crackers on parchment paper in refrigerator to chill at least 30 minutes. Repeat with other half.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Prick each cracker with fork several times and add any cut tradition your would like. The holes will help the crackers bake evenly.

Bake for 20-25 minutes on a baking sheet. Set timer for 15 minutes and rotate baking sheet. Check on crackers because they can burn easily. Crackers should be browned and slightly firm.

Cool crackers on baking sheet for about 5 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack. Store crackers in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

Makes 2-3 dozen crackers depending on size.