Saturday, October 18, 2008

homemade crackers

Hehehehe, that’s how I felt yesterday until I actually tried the crackers which I made. I mean, who spends an hour of their day making something that is quick, easy to buy and very cheap?
Me now!

Simple cracker recipe adapted from here

3 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup warm water
1/3 cup olive oil

Method: Heat oven to about 180-200 degrees (mine’s an old dodgy oven so I have to adjust between tepid and fried to a crisp)
Pop the whole lot into your bread machine and mix on the quick pasta setting (about 20 minutes). You can also add your favourite spices and herbs towards the end. I made plain, sesame and cheese and chive crackers.

Forget about your dough for about an hour (or four in my case!)
Roll dough into a thick sausage shape and cut into 8 pieces. Set your pasta machine to the thinest setting and put a piece of dough through one piece at a time. Use a pizza roller to cut them into cracker size pieces works really quickly with less drag on the dough.

Bake on trays greased with olive oil for about 10minutes the more golden they are the crispier they get, or as The Husband said

“The ones closest to burning are the best” Jury is still out as to whether he was being a w!n(*%)..

Let them totally cool then store in an airtight container.
So the actually rolling, cutting and baking took an hour.

1 comment:

Mary said...

You magical woman - I've been searching for a cracker recipe. Off to try it - blessings to you.