Nicole Makes Crackers

Short story, first off, I'm recovering from some surgery, which has required my diet to be light with food, and pretty much non fatty. So I was looking for something else to add to my limited diet on the Beekman website, when I came across the Cracker Recipe.

In looking at it, I realized this was very similar to the pasta dough my dad and I make all the time, so I figured, I can give this a try and see how it turned out.

First I mixed the ingredients together, and to note, you really don't need a mixer for this. Because if you are like me, and you don't own one (I know the horrors), but your hands work just fine. The dough is a bit sticky, but it mixes into something like this:

Then the dough rests for about a half hour.

After it has rested, it is now ready to be rolled out. (Ironically, I do have a rolling pin, go figure).

I rolled it out, and since my dad likes to make pasta and I'm recovering at my parents place, I had access to a ravioli maker. I also used a pizza cutter to cut the dough, but any sharp object will do just be careful when cutting the dough so you don't cut yourself.  But after I rolled out the dough and cut out some squares, I used the ravioli thing (yes a technical name there :) ) and pressed through the dough to cut out some squares, which turned into rectangles.

The first batch I had put Romano cheese, and just left some sea salt on them.  Once I filled up the cookie sheet, I placed them in the oven.

They baked for about 12 minutes like the recipe said, but every oven is different, and I think the next time I make them, I will keep them on for a couple minutes longer.

For the second batch, I decided to try something different, my dad put some Old Bay spices on some, and my mom and I put cinnamon sugar on a couple more, we also did the plain and the Romano cheese.

After both batches had cooled a bit, the real test, were they any good?

Yes, yes they were.

Lessons learned: Roll the dough a bit thinner. They got a bit chewy after a day, still very good but chewy. Next time I also want to make a couple just plain, no added salt to the top. For breakfast, I'd been eating them with some honey, which my mom found at a store that sells local goods. So the honey is from a couple towns over.

Will I try this recipe again?- Yes, it was easy to make and who doesn't like crackers?