Crackers

[SAHM2one]

Looking for recipes for crackers of any type. My son loves graham crackers and animal cookies and I have found mixes on line but would love to try and make them along with regular crackers or even pretzels. The nearest whole food and trader joes is 3 hours so right now we only get pretzels on special occasions.

[Lisa]

Wow! I admire those who can make crackers. I think crackers come from grocery stores. Try to do a recipe search on this thread. I bet there are some posted. Good luck.

[Mango04]

If you type "gluten-free crackers" into recipezaar you'll get quite a few recipes. I'd imagine Lorie's recipe would be pretty good (her bread is very popular).

[ArtGirl]

In this thread Open Original Shared Link is a recipe for graham crackers that I make often. A friend of mine makes them for her celiac grandson (college age) who loves them.

I fix them just a little differently. Since they are refrigerator cookies, I roll the dough intp a "log". When I'm ready to bake, I slice off 1/8-inch slices and put them on the cookie sheet. Saves a lot of work pressing each and every one of them. The logs also freeze well so you can make up a bunch of dough and store the wrapped logs in the freezer until you have time to bake them.

If the baked crackers become a bit soft while sitting around, you can crisp them up by putting them on a cookie sheet in a 350F oven for a few minutes.

If you are into baking, here is a really good recipe that I found (I think it's from Rebecca Reilly's cookbook). My kids loved them. We ate what we wanted and then put the rest in the freezer and they did great.

Graham Crackers

1 cup gluten free flour mix

1 cup brown rice flour

1/4 c soy flour (I used guarfava because that's what I had)

1/2 c packed brown sugar

1 3/4 tsps cinnamon

1 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp xanthan gum

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

7 TBS butter, chilled and cut into pieces

3-4 TBS cold water (I used almost double that)

3 TBS honey

1 tsp vanilla

Mix together the dry ingredients. Using fingertips, work the butter into

the dry ingredients. Stir in 3 Tbs water, honey and vanilla. If the

dough is too dry, add a little more water, 1 tsp at a time. Gather dough

into a soft, manageable ball. Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 325. Lightly grease a cookie sheet and line it with

lightly greased parchment paper. (I sprayed a Silpat with Pam).

Cut off a piece of the dough and roll out between 2 sheets of parchment or

wax paper. Roll out to 1/8-1/4". Cut into pieces and prick all over with

a fork. Place on prepared cookie sheet, leaving a little space around

each piece. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown. Let the

cookies cool slightly before transferring to a cooling rack. Repeat with

remaining dough.

Variations:

For cinnamon: Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar just before baking.

For chocolate: Replace the soy flour with 1/3 cup plus 3 TBS unsweetened

cocoa powder.

[happygirl]

www.glutino.com has good crackers that you can order online. Some grocery stores have 'rice crackers' in the asian/specialty foods section that are gluten free. A lot of people substitute Tostitos or Fritos as 'crackers.'

Open Original Shared Link has many gluten free foods to order. www.celiac.com as well.

Josef's graham crackers.

I've tried: kinnikinnick animal crackers. envirokidz animal crackers. midel animal crackers.

I believe you can order all of the above online.

You may want to speak to your local grocery stores about carrying more gluten free products. Often, they are happy to stock new items if requested.

[lonewolf]

I make cheese crackers that taste like Goldfish crackers. It's basically the same recipe as the pizza dough that I'll post if you're interested. (You just roll it thinner, cut into shapes and bake it longer.)

[missy'smom]

If you do get to a whole foods look for Mi-Del animal cookies. They are very good. Just be sure to get the gluten-free version because they also make cookies that are NOT gluten-free.