Crackers are a quick and simple yet elegant
So I have ventured into the great world of sourdough recently. If any of you have done this one of the challenges of maintaining a sourdough starter is figuring out what to do with it! I just hate the thought of throwing part of it away each time that I feed it, or keeping it in a 5 gallon bucket. I stumbled upon a recipe for sourdough crackers and figured I would give it a shot. With the right spice and herb additions this is an easy way to use that starter you would normally discard.
Make crackers? Are you crazy? Well yes I might be but that’s for another time. I had to use or discard some sourdough starter so I figured why not make sourdough crackers. Besides its cold as… outside so yup, here we go.
Now there was absolutely no way that I was going to make these as just plain ole crackers, that’s just boring. I actually split the recipe and made two small batches so I could experiment with different additions. Also my wife might just beat me if the only ones I made were stupid hot! I am a huge fan of self-preservation so I made some that she would defiantly enjoy as well. Also 4 year olds don’t seem to enjoy piling the spice on yet….gotta work on that!
I recently purchased some Herbs de Provence without a use for them so this seemed like a good place to try them out. They were an awesome choice! The mix I purchased does have lavender which gives it a different depth as opposed to most Italian mixes.
Now for the Spicy Sourdough Crackers! Because I couldn’t just do herbs (even if they were good). So after standing there staring at all of my spices and smelling a few here is what I ended up using.
1/2 tsp each of the
following:
Smoked Paprika
Onion Powder
Garlic Powder
Jalapeno Powder
Guajillo Chile Powder
Cayenne Powder
For a first attempt this made for a good spicy cracker. It gets you in the back of the mouth after you have eaten it. I will have to kick it up a bit on the next version though as well as have some cheese dip handy. Because cheese and crackers are just made to go together!
Oh and one last thing, don’t forget to poke each cracker with a fork! Otherwise you will get nice little pillow like the ones you see here. But they are still delicious little sourdough cracker pillows.
Sourdough Crackers
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup sourdough starter unfed
- 4 TB unsalted butter room temperature
- 2 TB dried herbs or spices
- coarse salt for sprinkling on top
Instructions
- 1. Mix together the flour, salt, sourdough starter, butter, and herbs or spices to make a smooth dough.2. Divide the dough in half, and shape each half into a small rectangle. Cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes or longer, until the dough is firm.3. Preheat the oven to 375°F.4. Lightly flour a piece of parchment paper, your rolling pin, and the top of the dough.5. Working with one piece at a time, roll the dough to about 1/16″ thick. Try to make it as even as possible.6. Transfer the dough and parchment together onto a baking sheet. Lightly brush with oil and then sprinkle the salt over the top of the crackers.7. Cut the dough into 1 1/2″ squares, a pizza cutter works well here.8. Poke each square with the tines of a fork. This will keep them from puffing up.9. Bake the crackers for about 20 minutes, until the squares are starting to brown around the edges.10. When fully done, remove the crackers from the oven, and transfer them to a cooling rack.11. Enjoy!
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