Kevin and I have been making a conscious effort to eliminate over-processed foods from our cupboards. This is mostly an issue for me, as I am somewhat of a pretzel fiend and must keep crackers of all kinds around "just in case." Maybe you can related. In an case, we opted to try to make our own homemade crackers. With just a few basic ingredients, I know have a 7-cup-container filled with soda crackers that taste EXACTLY like the storebought saltines. It takes about 10 or 15 minutes to make the dough, roll, and get into the oven--much less time than going to the store! And no artificial preservatives that make the crackers last for 2 years. (weird, right?)
Saltine Crackers Recipe
aka Soda Crackers
Makes 7 cups of crackers
recipe adapted from the More-With-Less Cookbook
Ingredients
2 cups flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 Tbsp margarine
2/3 cup soured milk or buttermilk
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl stir together flour, salt, and baking soda. Cut in margarine until evenly distributed. Stir in the soured milk.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface and kneed gently into a ball. Separate into 3 sections. Work with the first section and roll as thinly as possible (adding flour to keep dough from sticking). Transfer to a baking sheet (ungreased).
Sprinkle with addition salt. Prick with a fork across the surface of the dough. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 1-1/2 inch squares (it's totally ok if some pieces aren't square. That's the beauty of homemade).
Repeat the process with the remaining 2 sections of dough.
Bake each tray separately for 8-10 minutes until lightly golden. (At this point you can let the crackers cool on the baking sheets or place them back in a 250 degree oven for 5-10 minutes to crisp up. This may be necessary if you didn't roll it out as thin as it needed to be. I speak from experience.)
Store in an airtight container.
hmmm sounds interesting.... I rarely eat saltines but I do love having Ritz around. I love eating cheese and crackers as a snack. DO these go good with Cheese?
ReplyDeleteyes, Britt, for sure!
ReplyDeleteSoured milk... What is that? Where would one purchase this milk?
ReplyDeleteit's just milk with added lemon juice or vinegar--about a Tbsp.
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