sparrow13
Cathlete
Hey All:
Sorry for the delay in getting this posted, for the people who asked. Major technical difficulties!
Anyhoo, this is from The Tightwad Gazette. I would call it healthy for moderate eaters, as it had butter and some white flour.
WHOLE WHEAT CRACKERS
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups white flour
1/4 cup sugar (I use turbinado)
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup wheat germ
Sift the first five ingredients. Add butter and process in a food processor. Add buttermilk and process until a ball forms. Set aside 10 minutes. Cut the dough into 4 parts. Grease cookie sheets and sprinkle them with wheat germ. Real out each dough piece on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with salt. Cut into diamond shapes with a pastry wheel (I use a pizza cutter). Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool and store.
Few modifications I make: I cut them into squares and I roll out the dough to really, really thin to get that nice Wheat Thin crispness. In fact, if you have a pasta maker, use it for this dough! I actually run the dough through my pasta machine on settings 1,4 and 8 to get it as thin as I want it. I also bake them on the flip side of the cookie sheet, so the rims don't get in the way of the pizza cutter when I'm cutting out the crackers.
Enjoy!
Sparrow
Even after all this time the earth never says to the sun, "you owe me." Look what happens with a love like that.
It lights the whole sky.
- Hafiz
Sorry for the delay in getting this posted, for the people who asked. Major technical difficulties!
Anyhoo, this is from The Tightwad Gazette. I would call it healthy for moderate eaters, as it had butter and some white flour.
WHOLE WHEAT CRACKERS
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups white flour
1/4 cup sugar (I use turbinado)
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup wheat germ
Sift the first five ingredients. Add butter and process in a food processor. Add buttermilk and process until a ball forms. Set aside 10 minutes. Cut the dough into 4 parts. Grease cookie sheets and sprinkle them with wheat germ. Real out each dough piece on cookie sheet. Sprinkle with salt. Cut into diamond shapes with a pastry wheel (I use a pizza cutter). Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool and store.
Few modifications I make: I cut them into squares and I roll out the dough to really, really thin to get that nice Wheat Thin crispness. In fact, if you have a pasta maker, use it for this dough! I actually run the dough through my pasta machine on settings 1,4 and 8 to get it as thin as I want it. I also bake them on the flip side of the cookie sheet, so the rims don't get in the way of the pizza cutter when I'm cutting out the crackers.
Enjoy!
Sparrow
Even after all this time the earth never says to the sun, "you owe me." Look what happens with a love like that.
It lights the whole sky.
- Hafiz
