I spied these homemade graham crackers on a little website by a woman you may know. Martha Stewart? Inspired by Ashley, I’ve wanted to make my own graham crackers for quite awhile.
Homemade Graham Crackers
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 cup whole-wheat flour
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1/2 cup untoasted wheat germ (I only had toasted- worked fine!)
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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1 cup unsalted butter, softened
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3/4 cup packed light-brown sugar
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2 tablespoons honey
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk flours, wheat germ, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon in a medium bowl; set aside.
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Put butter, brown sugar, and honey into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Reduce speed to low. Add the flour mixture, and mix until combined.
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Turn out dough onto a floured surface, and divide into quarters. Roll out each piece between 2 sheets of floured parchment paper into rectangles about 1/8 inch thick.
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Using a pastry wheel (if you own one!) or a pizza cutter (like me!) score each piece in half lengthwise and crosswise, pressing lightly, so as not to cut all the way through, forming rectangles. Stack parchment and dough on a baking sheet and chill in freezer until firm, about 20 minutes.
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Remove two sheets of dough from freezer. Pierce crackers using the tines of a fork. Transfer to large baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake, rotating halfway through, until dark golden brown, 8 to 9 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough. Let cool on sheet 5 minutes; transfer crackers to wire racks to cool completely.
These graham crackers are out of this world! I swear, if you make these once, you will never want to buy them again! I have a feeling my friend Meg would love these!
The sweet satisfaction of knowing that I made them made them taste that much better.
These are not my best work, but I’ve accepted that I am not Martha Stewart. They were not uniform in size, and some were thicker than others, but they all tasted amazing. I had to keep rolling the dough, trimming it to make a neater square/rectangle, and then rolling the discarded dough, etc.
These were much softer than your standard box o’ grahams, but I attribute that to the fact that I um, added an additional stick of butter to the dough.
I know.
It was an accident, I swear. A good accident, but an accident.
The dough seemed to dry so I immediately grabbed the nearest stick of room temperature butter and incorporated it into the mix. Voila! Right after, I realized I could have used a bit of water instead.
Coulda, shoulda, woulda. Hey, I don’t regret it.
Anywho, if your dough seems a bit crumbly, and you don’t want to clog your arteries for the sake of graham crackers (although it would be worth it!) just add water.
There were truly the perfect snack for a snow day! (Or any day!) They were soft, buttery, (obviously!) and addicting. The taste mimicked the aroma of the grahams: the subtle cinnamon, a hint of salt, and sweetness from the honey. These were a fun snack to make, and would certainly be easy to make with kids!
I’ve wanted to make my own graham crackers for a while, too…these look so yummy!
I love the thought of making my own graham crackers! Going to hold on to this recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Oh, have fun at the store! I can think of so many things…great recipe…why go and buy them?
I think they look great, even if they aren’t “perfect’! I also get super anxious on Sundays…..
I couldn’t agree more..I have a love/hate relationships with Sunday too. I keep thinking of everything I need to do to prepare for the work week, but I don’t want to do it because its my last day “off” The crackers look great:)
Hey, home made is always better then box in my opinion! Great job!
I have really mixed feelings about Sundays. Some days they are the best and others just feel like they are filled with impeding doom…aka the work week. Bleh.
Hi Liz, now you just need to s’mores!
I’m a server and our pastry chef makes s’mores with homemade graham crackers and homemade passion fruit marshmallows with good ole Hershey’s chocolate bars.
But, I betcha some exotic chocolates would be even better. I just went on a trip to Chicago and bought some amazing chocolates from a chocolatier called “Vosges Haut Chocolat.” They are AMAZING! They have flavors like “wasabi, ginger, and black sesame”, “Sicilian almond marzipan + amaretto” and my favorite, “sweet indian curry, coconut in dark chocolate”
I bought the mini candy bar libraries so I can have a little bit of everything!
http://www.vosgeschocolate.com/category/all_candy_bars/1
I don’t know if you have a personal recipe for homemade marshmallows but I found this recipe on this blog…
http://bossacafez.blogspot.com/2009/04/passionfruit-marshmallows.html
Can’t wait to make these graham crackers. Sounds yummy!
These look so good! I bet they’re so much better than store bought!
Some are the best accidents are those not planned. That’s how new things are discovered. Not just in the kitchen.
Paul
Haha that sounds like a very good accident to me
These look wonderful!
These look great! With a homemade marshmallow I bet s’mores would be out of this world.
I’ve used this recipe before and they are AWESOME!! I’ll bet they are even better with that extra stick of butter! YUM!
I bet these were so good! I want to make these and create homemade s’mores!!
these look great. I can picture them with a toasted marshmallow and a piece of chocolate sandwiched in the middle!
I love graham crackers…..with peanut butter…& chocolate….
an extra stick of butter…ahhh, who cares
These look great, I really want to try to make them!
Homemade graham crackers? Awesome.
Adding an additional stick of butter: freakin’ amazing!
They are perfect in there imperfections! I’ve been wanting to make grahams for a while now, just haven’t gotten around to it! Ha, I bet yours taste more like graham cookies with all that buttah!
I get anxious on Sundays too and the day always seems to FLY by!
I definitely feel you on the Sunday blues. As a teacher, I tend to let all my grading pile up and am forced to face it on Sundays. Yuck. These graham crackers look like an awesome way to bring happiness into the day though
They look great! Thanks for sharing this recipe – I’d love to try and make my own graham crackers.
Liz, your new blog design is SO cute and these graham crackers are too! I’ll have to give them a try sometime. Thanks for sharing your talents in the kitchen!
those look great and so fun! I think I’ll try them with my sons but maybe use cookie cutters so it’s kid friendly to make. And I also love the idea of extra butter!!!
Thanks for the recipe. I always wanted to make them.
This is one of those things that I have always wanted to try too! Thanks for reminding me! Yours look like they turned out great!
I’ve always wanted to make home made grahams, can’t wait to try these! They look great!
I must try these….possibly cover them in chocolate and marshmallow. Nom!