Fruit Flower Crackers Food

ALMOND FLOUR CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Add almond flour, water, ground flaxseed, and sea salt into a medium sized bowl and stir together until the mixture turns into dough.
• Place the dough on a piece of parchment paper and cover with a second piece of parchment.
• Pat it out with your hands and then use a rolling pin to roll out the dough. You'll want the dough to get pretty thin - about an 1/8 of inch thick. Try to keep form the dough into a rectangular shape, but it's okay if it's not perfect.
• Once the dough is rolled out, remove the top sheet of paper and sprinkle a bit of flaked sea salt over the dough. Use your hands to press the salt down to help it stick. This step is optional, but the flaked sea salt makes the crackers really pretty.
• With the top sheet of parchment removed, use a pizza wheel or knife to cut the dough into small squares. I made mine about 1/2 -1 inch. If you want to get fancy you can use a tooth pick to create a little hole in the center of each cracker.
• Carefully transfer crackers (still on parchment paper) to a baking sheet and bake the crackers for 20-25 minutes or until the crackers turn golden brown and crispy. The pieces on the outer edges will get brown faster than the center pieces. You can transfer those that are golden to a cooling rack and put the pan back in the oven to bake the remaining crackers.
• Let the crackers cool completely, either on the baking sheet or on a cooling rack. Enjoy immediately after cooling.
• Place any leftover crackers in an airtight container or bag. Crackers will keep on the counter or in the pantry for about 4-5 days.

HOMEMADE GOURMET CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C/350F (all oven types). Grease and line a small loaf tin with baking paper (mine is 21 x 11 x 7 cm / 8.5 x 4.5 x 3") (Note 1).
• Whisk the milk, sugar and yoghurt in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl, add plain flour, wholemeal flour and cranberries. Stir - use fingers to break up cranberries if required.
• Add remaining ingredients, including Spices, plus the milk mixture. It should be a thick batter, like muffin batter (note: batter in video looks slightly thicker because it was standing for a couple of minutes, doesn't affect outcome).
• Scrape/pour into tin. Bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• Cool on rack, then wrap in cling wrap and freeze for at least 2 hours, up to 3 months. (Note 2)
• Unwrap loaf and allow to thaw partially so the outside is not rock hard frozen (around 20 minutes).
• Preheat oven to 120C/250F (all oven types). Place one shelf in the middle, and another shelf beneath it.
• Use a serrated bread knife to slice thinly - around 2 mm / 1/12" thick (see video). Place biscuits on 2 large baking trays, you can squeeze them in as they won't expand or stick.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until they are a light brown, swapping trays halfway.
• Leave biscuits on tray to cool - they will harden so they snap when you break them. (Note 3)
• Store in an airtight container for 4 weeks (probably ok for longer, I've only done 4 weeks). Brilliant served with creamy cheeses like brie, camembert, but soft, creamy blue cheeses is the ultimate pairing!

FRUIT FLOWER CRACKERS

Steps:

• Spread crackers evenly with cream cheese spread.
• Top each with 6 grape halves to resemble flower petals and a raspberry for the center of the flower. Add green apple strips for the "stems" and "leaves."

SPRING FLOWER CRACKERS

Steps:

• Cut cheese slices into flower shapes using 1-1/2-inch cookie cutter. Reserve scraps for snacking or other use.
• Top each cracker with 1 pepperoni slice and 1 cheese flower.
• Place 1 olive slice in center of each flower.