Soda Cracker Buttercrunch Food

SODA CRACKER CHOCOLATE CANDY

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with foil and coat with cooking spray. Place crackers in rows on foil. In a saucepan, melt butter; add the brown sugar and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. Pour over crackers and spread until completely covered. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes (crackers will float). Remove from the oven. Turn oven off. Sprinkle chocolate chips and walnuts over crackers. Return to the oven until chocolate is melted, about 3-5 minutes. Remove from the oven; using a greased spatula, press walnuts into chocolate. Cut into 1 in. squares while warm. Cool completely; remove candy from foil.

OLD-FASHIONED SODA CRACKERS

Steps:

• In large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• Cut in butter til crumbly.
• Add water, stir just until mixed.
• Turn dough out onto lightly floured surface and knead til thoroughly mixed. About 3 minutes.
• Roll out dough, a fourth at a time, on well-floured surface to 1/8" thickness.
• Cut into 2" squares.
• Place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Prick 2 or 3 times with a fork, then sprinkle with salt.
• Bake in preheated 350º oven for 20-25 minutes or til lightly browned.

HOMEMADE SODA CRACKERS

Steps:

• Try Chuck's homemade soda crackers and you'll never go back to the store-bought ones.
• In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast over the warm water; stir to dissolve and let stand for 5 minutes.
• In a large bowl, mix the flour, salt and baking soda. Add the yeast mixture and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon to blend. If the dough is sticky, add sprinkles of flour until a soft dough forms.
• Knead the dough until it is soft and has an elastic consistency, about 5 minutes. Add sprinkles of flour to control the stickiness. If using a mixer or a food processor, the dough will form a soft ball around the revolving dough hook and clean the sides of the bowl. Add flour, if necessary, to firm up the dough.
• Drop the dough into a buttered bowl, cover with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator to rest for at least 1 hour and up to 18 hours (the longer the better.)
• Arrange the rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• With a heavy rolling pin, roll the dough into a rectangle about 18 by 6 inches and no thicker than 1/8-inch. Fold the dough from the short ends, brushing off the excess flour, to make 3 layers for extra flaky crackers. Roll again using the rolling pin.
• Prick the dough with the tines of a fork to help cook evenly. Evenly cut the dough along the edge of a ruler or yardstick with a pizza or cookie cutter into desired shapes.
• Place the crackers close together on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle lightly with salt from 12-inches above the crackers to distribute evenly.
• Bake until lightly browned and crisp, 15 to 20 minutes, depending on the thickness of the crackers. Check the crackers several times during the baking period to make certain those on the outer edge of the baking sheet are not getting too brown. If so, switch the ones on the outside with the ones in the middle.
• Remove from the oven and brush the crackers with melted butter. Let cool on a metal rack.

SODA CRACKER TOFFEE

Steps:

• Line a jelly roll pan with aluminum foil and spray with vegetable oil spray.
• Place crackers in a single layer, (4 wide x5 deep), close together.
• Put butter and brown sugar in sauce pan and bring to boil.
• Boil for 3 minutes.
• Pour sugar mixture over crackers and spread evenly.
• Place in 350 degree oven for 5 minutes.
• Scoop toffee that has boiled off crackers back on crackers so that crackers are completely covered.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over mixture. Spread chocolate to cover toffee as it melts.
• Sprinkle with nuts.
• Cut into squares while still warm.
• Number of servings depending on cut size of candy.

SODA CRACKER BUTTERCRUNCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly grease, or cover with parchment paper, a 15 x 30 inch cookie sheet.
• Line pan with the crackers.
• Combine butter and brown sugar in a medium-sized saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil.
• Continue cooking 3 more minutes (IMPORTANT!), still stirring.
• Pour mixture over crackers.
• Place baking sheet on rack in upper third of oven.
• Bake 12 to 15 minutes--if mixture starts to burn remove from oven IMMEDIATELY!
• Sprinkle right away with chocolate chips.
• Let stand 2-3 minutes and then spread melted chocolate out more evenly.
• Chill in refrigerator until set.
• When cooled thoroughly, break into ragged shapes and chunks.
• NOTE: If you're in a hurry, you can put the cookie sheet in the freezer for about 5 or 10 minutes before breaking the candy into pieces.