Whole Wheat "Cheesy" Herb Chia Crackers
A simple recipe for delicious, homemade vegan crackers. Great for kid friendly snacking!
Servings 100 crackers
Ingredients
- 1 cup white whole wheat flour
- 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 2 teaspoon chia seeds
- 1 tsp dried basil, oregano, parsley, or a combination
- ½ tsp salt + more for topping, if desired
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- 3 tablespoon coconut oil, firm but scoop-able
- 4-5 tablespoon very cold water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees and set aside 2 baking sheets.
- Combine flour, nutritional yeast, chia seeds, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, and herbs in a large bowl.
- Cut in coconut oil with a pastry blender, a fork, or your fingers until only very small bits of oil remain and mixture is crumbly.
- Add COLD water a little at a time and incorporate it into the flour mixture by stirring and then kneading until a small dough ball forms.
- Divide dough ball and form into small discs. Place one disc between two pieces of parchment paper, lightly flour if needed, and use a rolling pin to roll into a very thin sheet. The thinner it is, the crisper the crackers will be.
- Use a pizza cutter to cut 1 inch squares or desired size. Do not separate the squares. You can remove the edge scrapes and roll again to create squares, if desired. I don't worry about this and just bake as is.
- Prick each cracker with a fork a couple of times and sprinkle with additional salt if desired.
- Transfer crackers still on parchment paper to baking sheet. Sprinkle with additional salt, if desired. Complete this same process with the second disc of dough.
- Bake for 8 minutes and check for browning. The edges will bake and brown faster. Separate the crackers at this point. Remove crackers as the brown to your liking and continue to bake remaining crackers. Total bake time is about 12 -15 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before storing in an air tight container.