Graham Crackers

Aside from just being a simple and delicious treat, graham crackers are a necessity for S’Mores, a fancy yogurt parfait, and even more importantly a graham cracker crust for a nice pudding pie (recipe coming soon). These crackers are simple to make, especially if you have a food processor. If you cannot find graham flour at your health food store, you can replace it with whole wheat pastry flour. If you have a higher phe allowance, you can replace equal amounts of wheat starch with the graham flour (6.43 mg/gm). A half cup of graham flour (60 gm), makes the cookies 9 mg each.

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 30

Servings: 62 two and a half inch square

Course: Bars & Cookies, Desserts

Calories: 42.2

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 42.2kcalProtein: 0.094gPhe: 4.8mgPKU Exchanges: 0.32exch

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups Wheat Starch
1/2 cup Tapioca Flour (tapioca starch)
1/4 cup Graham Flour
1 teaspoon Xanthan Gum
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 Vanilla Pudding, Instant, dry mix only
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon, ground
1/2 cup Sugar, White Granulated

8 tablespoons Butter, regular or unsalted cold .5 inch pieches
2 tablespoons Molasses
1/4 cup Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1/4 cup Sugar, White Granulated
1 teaspoon Cinnamon, ground

Method

Preheat oven to 375 degrees
Pulse the starches, graham flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pudding , cinnamon and sugar in the bowl of a food processor for 10 one-second intervals. Add the diced butter and process until the mixture resembles coarse meal, about 15 seconds
If making by hand, use a pastry cutter or your fingertips and quickly cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add the water, molasses and vanilla. Process until the dough comes together, about 30 seconds.
Divide the dough into 2 even pieces. Roll each piece of dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to 1/8 inch thick. With a pizza wheel cutter, cut into 2 1/2-inch squares. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar mixture over the cookies. Prick each square several times with a fork. Place in the fridge for 10 minutes so that it is easier to handle the dough. With a spatula, space each square about 1/2 inch apart.
Slide the dough on the parchment paper onto a baking sheet and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool completely on the baking sheets.

Notes

If you are making graham crackers crumbs for another recipe, 1/2 cup = 60 gm = about 6 cookies.

Reader Q&A:
Q: In New, Zealand graham flour is unknown. What is it or what makes it different. Thanks Amanda A: It is very similar to whole wheat flour, but it is ground a little more coarsely and it is not sifted during milling. If you can get whole wheat pastry flour that would be a good substitute. Otherwise I would use whole wheat flour and adjust the phe.

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