Homemade Graham Crackers
Make your own sweet, crunchy homemade graham crackers with simple pantry ingredients. Perfect for snacking, s'mores, or baking—better than store-bought!
Ingredients
- 6 tbsp vegetable shortening
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 5 tbsp honey
- 1 egg Large
- 1 cup Graham flour (or whole wheat)
- 1 cup AP flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- 2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar, and honey together until light and fluffy.
- Add egg and mix until fully combined, being sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl.
- Combine both flours, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Add flour mixture to butter mixture in two parts and mix until a smooth dough is formed.
- Split dough in two parts, and roll out each to 1/16th of an inch thick (about the thickness of a craft single) between two sheets of parchment paper.
- Refrigerate dough for at least 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 300.
- Remove dough from fridge and brush with milk.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and trim sides to form clean rectangle. Cut rectangle into twelve 2-2 ½ inch squares. Leave scraps on the pan to protect the edges of the crackers.
- Return to oven and bake for another 8-10 minutes, until trim begins to brown.
- Turn oven off and leave crackers to cool in oven with the door ajar.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 90kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 7mgSodium: 70mgPotassium: 13mgFiber: 1gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 12IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.5mg
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