by Texas Homesteader ~
Y’all know I like to make things myself as opposed to going out to buy it. I decided to whip up some rosemary crackers made with olive oil & garlic. YUM! I have that amazing rosemary bush right outside my door and I’ve ALWAYS got olive oil. Let’s go!
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Why Make Your Own Crackers?
There are many reasons to make your own crackers and snacks:
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- They’re almost always cheaper and healthier.
- There’s no landfill-bound trash afterwards.
- C’mon – everyone loves homemade food!
Ingredients You’ll Need For Homemade Crackers
These crackers have few ingredients and they all come together quickly:
Flour – I mixed about half cup whole wheat with a half cup of all purpose flour. That 50/50 mixture worked pretty well for me but you can just use all purpose if you prefer.
Fresh Rosemary – 1 teaspoon minced
Baking Powder – 1 teaspoon
Salt & Pepper – 1/2 teaspoon of each
Garlic Powder – 2 teaspoons
Olive Oil – 1/4 cup
When mixing up the dough it was a pretty heavy and crumbly mixture. It took several minutes to get it smooth & pliable.
Rolling The Dough Thin
When I got everything mixed together I plopped it onto my baking sheet & squished the dough down into a patty as flat as I could get it.
In my opinion there was no need to oil the baking sheet first since there was oil in my crackers? Flawed theory? Oversimplification? Perhaps. (But it worked great for me!)
I wanted to use my rolling pin to make the dough thin. The thinner you get the dough, the more crisp the cracker!
But the dough was sticking to my rolling pin. Hummm… What if I got something to put between the rolling pin & dough?
So I took an empty bread bag & cut it open to one large sheet. I placed that over the dough and it made rolling that cracker dough so much easier!
I rolled the dough out thinly & removed the bread bag. Oh yeah! Finally I sprinkled the top of the dough with some coarse salt and cracked pepper for a little extra sumpin’.
Then I took my *crinkle cutter and cut the crackers into small squares. I love the edges my crinkle cutter made for my crackers!
Although the recipe called for using a fork to punch a few holes in each cracker, I didn’t bother with that with mine.
Baking Fragrant Homemade Rosemary Crackers
Now all that’s left to do is to pop the baking sheet into my preheated oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
The crackers pulled away from each other as they baked so it was super easy to let them cool a couple of minutes and then use a spatula to put them onto a cooling rack.
These crackers didn’t have a crispy saltine cracker texture, it was more like the crispness of graham crackers. My guess is if you roll the dough a little thinner they might be crispier.
But the taste of my rosemary crackers? Oh yeah! They were absolutely delicious! And they were a great cracker to enjoy with our fancy schmancy cheese.
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Rosemary Crackers with Garlic & Olive Oil
These homemade crackers were made of simple ingredients like olive oil & minced fresh rosemary. No need to buy crackers when they're this easy (and delicious!) to make yourself. #TexasHomesteader
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 cup flour I mix 50/50 whole wheat & all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary minced
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 4 tablespoons water
- coarse sea salt & cracked pepper for sprinkling
Instructions
Directions:
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Preheat the oven to 375°F.
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In a bowl, mix all dry ingredients. Add the olive oil and water to dry ingredients, stirring until fully incorporated. If dough is still too dry, add more water 1 tablespoon at a time just until dough is workable.
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Place dough on baking sheet & roll the dough with a rolling pin until thin. Sprinkle top of dough with coarse salt & cracked pepper, pressing gently into surface. Cut dough into desired cracker shape.
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Bake crackers for about 12-15 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Let the crackers cool before removing from the pan. Place lightly-cooled crackers on bakers rack to continue cooling.
~TxH~
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Crackers can be so easy to make, but I rarely think to do it. These look amazing! Thanks for sharing on the #WasteLessWednesday Blog Hop!
These sound great! I used to bake crackers a lot, but then my husband and the kids were diagnosed with celiac disease. I just don’t bake as much since then. However, I’m thinking these would be great for me to snack on. I love cheese, crackers, and a boiled egg as a snack on work nights! Thanks, for the inspiration! (By the way, I hope y’all dodged all the hail last weekend. We didn’t get any, but some farm friends the otherside of town were hit pretty hard.)
I am always looking for ways to use my HUGE rosemary plant. These crackers look great, and I’m glad to know that you can include some whole wheat flour. Pinned for later, thanks!
They look delicious! Rosemary is my favorite herb. I once went to an Italian restaurant that had a whole hedge of rosemary and I’ve wanted to do the same ever since. I do have one nice large shrub but not a whole hedge. LOL
🙂 gwingal
I planted 3 small rosemary shrubs off our back porch several years ago Nikki. One didn’t like being located next to a downspout so it moved itself out about 3 feet and kept on growing. LOL It’s about 3.5 ft high & 3.5 ft wide right now. Another on the end of the porch had a similar problem of a downspout location but it was also popped hard by the drought 2 years ago. It’s about 3.5 feet tall but only about a foot or so wide. But the other rosemary? It’s not near a downspout and has never skipped a beat. It’s the one I’m constantly harvesting from for cooking & soap making. It’s currently about 5-ft tall and almost 9-ft across. It’s deep vibrant green and blooms all the time. I absolutely love it! ~TxH~
your crackers looks delicious.
Was wondering; just wondering now mind you , but to make the crackers thinner couldn’t a person run the dough through a pasta machine?
(last minute thought) I think by using a fork to poke holes it keeps the crackers from ‘puffing’ up, just like you would do with a prebaked pie crust.
Yes you’re correct colleen, but I didn’t bother with that step & mine came out fine. I think it may be because they were so thick. When I get them rolled thinner I’ll probably go ahead & prick a couple of holes into each cracker. ~TxH~
Great minds thinking alike? I thought the same thing Colleen but the dough was too heavy to roll smoothly through. I may try kneading it or thinning it a bit to see if that might allow me to run it through the pasta roller. I’ll be sure to share how that goes! ~TxH~