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Healthier Homemade Cheese Crackers
Tomorrow I'm leaving for a camping trip, so the day today was spent preparing food to take with us. We will have to hike in all our food which means lots of dehydrator action to save some weight. Currently I have 8 trays going full of lentil stew with garden veggies, peanut butter kix snack bars, blackberry apple peach fruit leather, and fruit chunks for oatmeal breakfasts. I only made one thing today that caught some oven time... Homemade Cheese Crackers!
I love cheese crackers and they make the perfect savory snack for camping trips. I decided this time around to health them up a bit so I threw in some whole wheat flour and ground flax seeds. These bad boys still have a good amount of butter, and of course cheese so they are not the healthiest snack. But, they are made with whole wheat flour and flax, so you can feel just a little bit better about that extra handful.
Healthier Homemade Cheese Crackers
1 cup Flour
1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/3 cup ground flax seeds
1 1/2 cup shredded cheese of your choice
1/2 cup butter cold, cut into cubes
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
fresh or dried herbs of your choice (thyme, marjoram, basil, rosemary, etc.)
1 tsp salt
dash of pepper
Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until well incorporated. Slowly add cold water one tablespoon at a time till dough comes together. Separate dough in to two balls, wrap in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Take out one ball of dough and roll out to about 1/8 inch. Use a small cookie/garnish cutter or cut in to roughly 1 inch squares. Repeat with the other ball of dough. Bake for 15 min. Let cool, then enjoy!
I love cheese crackers and they make the perfect savory snack for camping trips. I decided this time around to health them up a bit so I threw in some whole wheat flour and ground flax seeds. These bad boys still have a good amount of butter, and of course cheese so they are not the healthiest snack. But, they are made with whole wheat flour and flax, so you can feel just a little bit better about that extra handful.
Healthier Homemade Cheese Crackers
1 cup Flour
1 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/3 cup ground flax seeds
1 1/2 cup shredded cheese of your choice
1/2 cup butter cold, cut into cubes
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp onion powder
fresh or dried herbs of your choice (thyme, marjoram, basil, rosemary, etc.)
1 tsp salt
dash of pepper
Place all ingredients in a food processor and pulse until well incorporated. Slowly add cold water one tablespoon at a time till dough comes together. Separate dough in to two balls, wrap in plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Take out one ball of dough and roll out to about 1/8 inch. Use a small cookie/garnish cutter or cut in to roughly 1 inch squares. Repeat with the other ball of dough. Bake for 15 min. Let cool, then enjoy!
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Comment by Kendra on September 30, 2011 at 7:38am -
Julia,
I made the dehydrated lentil soup by cooking up some lentils till done, swooshed them up a bit then spread the mixture on to teflon dehydrator sheets. I dehydrated them, making sure to carefully stir them up every now and then till they were completely dry. I also dehydrated some fresh veggies from my garden: kale, carrots, onions, broccoli, garlic. I combined the dried lentils and veggies then added some salt and spices to the mix. Ta da! Dehydrated lentil soup, great for backpacking & cycle tour trips.
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Comment by Julia Rigler on September 21, 2011 at 12:29pm -
The crackers sound good. I also would love to know how you are dehydrating a mix of lentils. Please share!
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Comment by Carla Lopez on September 19, 2011 at 7:55pm -
thanks, I too will have to try these. I love cheese crackers, but won't buy those unhealthy ones. Hmmm a little bit of chipotle would be nice here.
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Comment by Freya Gereke on September 15, 2011 at 9:44am -
These look great! I'll have to give them a try.
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Comment by Kim Di Giacomo on September 14, 2011 at 1:39pm -
Yum! These look delicious!
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