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Homemade Crackers

homemade crackers
  • Author: Mandy
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Yield: 75-100 crackers 1x

Ingredients

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  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 2/3 cup cold water
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • coarsely ground sea salt, for topping

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
  2. Place flour, baking powder, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine.

ingredients prepped for homemade crackers

3. Add butter and pulse to combine.

4. Add vegetable oil and pulse to combine.

5. With food processor on low speed, slowly drizzle in the water until the dough begins to form a ball.

homemade cracker dough pulling away from sides of food processor

6. Remove dough from food processor and wrap in plastic wrap. Let rest for 10 minutes.

wrapped dough resting for 10 minutes

7. Divide dough in half. On a lightly floured surface, roll out one half of the dough as thin as possible. (Thinner than pie crust if possible, thin like crepes works best.)

homemade cracker dough rolled very thin

8. Cut the dough into your desired shapes with a cookie cutter, or cut rectangles or squares with a knife or pizza cutter and arrange on a baking sheet lined with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper.

homeamde cracker dough arranged on a silpat lined baking sheet

9. Repeat with remaining dough. Gather scraps of dough and re-roll until all dough is used. (If you struggle to get the dough to roll thin enough, let it rest for another 10 minutes, then come back to it. The gluten may need to relax a bit.)

10. Using a toothpick, prick several holes in each cracker. (Don't skip this step- you will not have nice, flat crackers if you don't.)

prick cracker dough with toothpicks

11. Bake 7-10 minutes, or until golden brown.

12. Remove from oven, brush the tops with melted butter, and immediately sprinkle with coarsely ground sea salt. (If you don't sprinkle the salt on the melted butter right away, it won't stick.)

cracker dough brushed with butter and sprinkle with coarse sea salt

13. Remove from baking sheets and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.