Seasonal Recipe: Heart-Healthy Whole-Grain Crackers
- 2 ½ cups whole wheat pastry flour
- ⅓ cup uncooked millet
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup water
- coarse salt, for sprinkling
- minced garlic
- cracked pepper
- fresh or dried herbs
- Parmesan cheese
- poppy or sesame seeds
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, millet, salt, and baking flour. Whisk to combine. Add the olive oil to the bowl. Using a fork, incorporate the oil into the flour mixture. Then, slowly add thewater to the dough as you knead the dough with your hand in the bowl. The dough will be verysticky, but continue to knead until it becomes smooth and elastic, about 2 minutes.Transfer the dough to a lightly floured counter. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough as thin as youcan get it, hopefully about 1/8 inch. Cut the crackers into whatever shape and size you like. (Apizza cutter or sharp knife will make excellent squares or rectangles. A biscuit cutter or glass isgood for circles. Or pull out the cookie cutters!)Lay the crackers on the baking sheets, leaving about ½ inch between crackers. Gather upleftover dough scraps, reroll, and repeat. Sprinkle the tops of the crackers with coarse salt andany desired toppings.Bake for 15 minutes-then switch the position of the trays in the oven.