Cheryl Wixson's Kitchen

PMM’s Homemade crackers

February 17, 2010 on 6:50 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Replacing the industrial crackers we used to eat with something local….a challenge! My husband, who is the master of the pasta machine, developed this as an alternative. We keep them in a glass jar on the counter, known as a cracker jar!

To prepare the dough, in the bowl of your bread machine:
1 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon honey or maple syrup
2 teaspoons yeast
2 tablespoons oil (olive, canola or sunflower)
1 1/2 cup whole meal flour (whole wheat or rye)
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
set on pizza dough setting

Once dough cycle is complete, remove dough and punch down. divide dough into 8 pieces. Run each piece thru the pasta machine until thin. (PMM gets it down to the number 4 setting)
You should have a piece of dough about 4 inches wide and 2 feet long, give or take.
Using a pizza cutter, cut into cracker strips, each about 1 to 1 1/2 inch wide by 3 – 4 inches. Place on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and Bake in a preheated 400 degree oven, turning over mid-way thru baking. Bake until golden brown. Cool on a rack and then store in an air-tight container.

Variations: Just before baking, sprinkle the tops of the crackers with salt or some salt and herbs. Add grated parmesan cheese to the dough. or pesto to the dough.

The beauty of these crackers is that you are limited by your imagination only! You could become your own cracker factory…..