Whole Wheat Crackers

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/3 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 sift flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl.
• 3 add brown sugar and butter and cut into flour with pastry blender or 2 knives.
• 4 add milk gradually, tossing with fork to moisten evenly. add a few drops more milk if mix seems dry. it should not stick to the bowl or your hands.
• 5 divide dough into 4 pieces and press each into a ball and flatten slightly.
• 6 place each cake of dough between 2 pieces of wax paper and roll with rolling pin to about 3/16 inch thickness.
• 7 peel off top piece of wax paper and flip dough over onto ungreased cookie or pizza sheet.
• 8 cut into squares or any shape you like. a pizza cutter is good for this.
• 9 prick all over with a fork, then bake at 375 degrees until lightly browned, about 8-10 minutes watch closely because crackers brown quickly. if the crackers on the outside brown before the center, remove the outer crackers and continue to bake the rest.
• 10 variations: for variety, you can add herbs to the dough, or sprinkle crackers with poppy, caraway or sesame seeds before baking.