I made crackers this weekend. I admit, it was a whim – something I had seen and hadn’t tried. They also really said “simplifying the basics” to me – not to mention the fact that a.) I am a total snacker and; b.) I can add whatever I want to them! Thus, I thought I would give it a try~
I had seen this post on one of my new favorite inspiring cooking blogs – I Made That I do believe that this fabulously inspiring girlie lives here in Seattle, which excites me to no end. She also makes the things she creates seem uncomplicated and totally do-able. I love that. Especially when it comes to something that I have never done. Like crackers. So, I tried them – I added various seeds to mine because I REALLY like seeds on things. And they were GREAT! I made the dough from the recipe but only used about 1/3 of it, and then froze the rest. I will be using the rest this week as the crackers I made are long gone and I have a hankerin’ for some more.
A couple of thoughts on the recipe~
*I found the dough really delicate and slightly difficult to work with. I never rolled it down to the “5″ setting on my pasta roller and it was still so fragile. That being said, they crackers turned out beautifully and incredibly delicious.
*When I roll things through my pasta roller the widest that they get is about 3 1/2 inches. Thus, I wasn’t able to make perfectly rectangular crackers as the original post had. We are going to simply call mine “rustic”… you with me?
Please see the link above for the recipe if you want to try them yourself!
Have a great week mes amies,
xx
OH YUM, these looks good! My mom made crackers the other day, for the first time. Going to try it.
xo
Hi! Thank you for the awesome post about my crackers! I’m so glad you had fun with them. I feel like I’m ruined for the packaged kind…
Love the look of your rustic crackers ~ hey ~ works for me and if you made them ~ I am sure they are tasty. xo
Oh dear! Rolling pasta maker?? Since I have started taking cooking lessons at Williams Sonoma, I seem to feel the need for cooking gadgets! Lately a mandoline, instant-read thermometer, and madeleine cake mold have all found spots in my kitchen.
The crackers look really good, I think I may have to make some this week…and thank you for the introduction to such a great site! very inspiring!
Oh man, they look delicious!
I’m going to have to try those.
Great pics!
They look great and I find the irregular shapes even better.
Those look delicious! My 20 year old daughter is an adventurous
cook. I bet she will make us some if I send her the link =)
making these for my book club tomorrow night!
Your photograph looks so good~ you make simple crackers looks so heavenly!
YUM!
I adore your rustic crackers! I think I’ll have to test that recipe this weekend…
Yummy, they look so good. I like to cook and bake but I would have never thought about making my own crackers. Well we got a little sun, right now is ti raining hard again. I hope you are having a good day!
Hugs,
Kathy
These look wonderful! I may have to give this recipe go….
Ohh these look really nice! I am hungry now
You know, I was just thinking last night that I should add you to my new blogroll (I think about all sorts of things in the night!) and when I woke up, you had found me already! Loong story with the old blog but I am very happy with the new one. Thanks for your sweet comments. Have a great weekend! xo
i don’t see the little jar… but we must figure out how to make these gluten free! that would be fun!