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Picture the scene. It's your turn to host cheese and wine night with the boys. They'll be here in half an hour, but you've run out of the most crucial of ingredients. STOP Don't run to the store for mass-produced, overpriced crackers. Free yourself from the tyranny of preservatives and palm oil in your sodium-laden snackbreads. YOU WILL NEED: Water Flour This makes hard-tack which is the bitch-rear end precursor to the cracker, so you might want to spring for: Oil Salt Sugar Herbs I'm using this recipe but you can substitute most of the ingredients with whatever https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/homemade-rosemary-crackers STEP ONE: Get your poo poo together  Weigh your ingredients and mash it together with your hands like some kind of caveman  Roll it out on some greaseproof paper and cut it into shapes with a pizza cutter or knife   Bake in the oven for 15 minutes at 220c, let cool and enjoy  You can basically put whatever you want in your crackers and they'll taste good. Wanna do chilli flakes and balsamic? Go for it. Garlic and sea salt? Sounds good. Q) "Why would I want to make some dumb crackers when I could make some nice bread instead?" A) Bread takes time. WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME. Don't give me any of this "planning ahead" bullshit. Crackers are for the 2am binge, for the gourmet on-the-go. And they store for up to 2 weeks in an airtight container so you can make big snack, anytime. Anyway go make some drat crackers and maybe post them why don't you.
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  Tried a recipe that uses butter today which meant I could crumb the butter and flour together. I really liked these ones, even if half of them came out a little softer than I would have liked. Probably could roll the dough thinner, but the really crispy ones all have bubbles which I'm not sure how to replicate across the whole batch!
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Aug 5, 2023 16:50
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I save up my sourdough discard in the fridge and turn it into a batch of crackers every 2 weeks or so. 800g discard + 112g melted butter + 4g salt + 8 tsp whatever seasoning (rosemary, everything bagel, nutritional yeast for vegan cheeze-its). Spread thin on parchment paper and play it by ear at 325, score at 10 minutes if you want nice little squares.
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