Whole Grain Buttermilk Cumin Crackers Food

SIMPLE WHITE CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In the bowl of a food processor, pulse flour, salt, and sugar until combined. Add butter pieces, and pulse until mixture resembles coarse meal. With the machine running, gradually add milk; process until dough comes together. Cover dough with plastic wrap, and allow to relax at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Unwrap dough, and transfer it to a lightly floured surface. Roll into 17 1/2-by-17 1/2-inch square, 1/16 inch thick (if dough continues to spring back, allow to relax again, covered with plastic wrap, for another 10 minutes). Sprinkle dough lightly with coarse salt. Gently press salt into dough with the rolling pin.
• Using a knife or pizza cutter, cut dough into 2 1/2-inch squares. With a thin spatula, transfer to ungreased baking sheets. Liberally pierce with fork. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until lightly browned and crisp, rotating baking sheets if needed for even cooking. Let cool on wire rack. Keep crackers in an airtight container, at room temperature, about 1 week.

HOMEMADE WHOLE GRAIN CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees with the racks positioned in the middle and upper third. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Mix together the flour, sesame seeds and salt in a mixing bowl, in the bowl of a stand mixer, or in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. If using a mixing bowl, add the oil and cut in with a fork. If using a stand mixer, mix at medium speed. In a food processor, pulse until the mixture is crumbly. Add the water, and mix with your hands, or at medium speed in a mixer or in the food processor, until you can gather the dough into a ball.
• Lightly dust your work surface and roll out the dough, or roll out between pieces of parchment, plastic or wax paper. Cut into desired shapes -- squares, diamonds or cookie-cutter shapes -- and place on the baking sheet, close together but not touching.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes until lightly browned, switching the sheet trays front to back and top to middle halfway through. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool on racks.

WHOLE-GRAIN BUTTERMILK-CUMIN CRACKERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two baking sheets with cooking spray; set aside. In food processor, pulse flour, wheat germ, sunflower seeds, cumin, baking powder, baking soda, and table salt. Add butter, and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. With machine running, gradually add buttermilk; process until dough comes together and is moist.
• Transfer dough to a lightly floured surface, and allow to rest for 5 minutes. Roll until 1/4 to 1/8 inch thick. Sprinkle with kosher salt; roll gently to press salt into dough.
• Cut dough into 4-inch-long leaf shapes, or other desired shape, and transfer leaves to ungreased baking sheets. Pierce each cracker liberally with a fork. Bake until hard, about 16 minutes. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

CUMIN CRACKERS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease two baking sheets with 1 tablespoon of oil. Set aside. Combine flour, ground cumin, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside. Lightly beat the remaining vegetable oil, milk and eggs.
• Mix the dry and wet ingredients together. Beat until smooth. Sprinkle a flat surface with flour. Knead the dough until smooth and loose. Cut into 48 balls. Roll out each ball until it is as thin as possible.
• Place the crackers on the baking sheets. Bake until golden, about 15 minutes. Remove from sheet to a rack and cool.