I love graham crackers. Okay, I take that back. I love the idea of graham crackers. The complex molasses flavor, the crumbly texture, the hint of sweetness.
Unfortunately, all of the brands I’ve tried have had the not-so-complex flavor of cardboard, with the texture to match. And sometimes, way too much sugar to cover up the lack of other flavors. I will eat them on occasion, but mostly use them as a vehicle of getting dessert pesto or dessert hummus to my mouth.
Once I saw that Edible Ashley had her own graham cracker recipe, I knew I had to try them! A short list of staple ingredients? Only one bowl required? Yes please!
I had to make a few modifications. I didn’t have molasses and was almost out of maple syrup. Since brown sugar is made out of molasses, I subbed some in. But they still came out beautifully, with a rich flavor and perfect texture!
Adapted from the Edible Perspective
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Dash of ground nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 tablespoon applesauce
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*F. In a bowl, stir all dry ingredients.
- Add in the wet ingredients to the bowl, and work the dough with your hands. Mix until everything is just barely combined.
- On a greased piece of aluminum foil, roll out the dough to about 1/8" thick. Slice with a pizza cutter.
- Line a baking sheet with foil and grease the foil with canola oil. Transfer the cut crackers over to the baking sheet, leaving about 1/4" between the grahams.
- Poke holes into each graham cracker using a fork. Bake for 14 minutes.
- Allow the crackers to cool completely, so they get nice and crispy. Enjoy with some dessert pesto, dessert hummus, or as a S'more!
I lost all train of thought once you wrote “s’more”
These look delicious!
*Mouth Watering* I can’t eat the store bought ones because of the sugar but now I can make my own with alternative sweeteners. Thank you so much for reviving my favorite snack
I can’t take the credit for this one. It was all Ash
These look perfect, Julie! I remember seeing them on Ashley’s blog and I’m glad you reminded me about them today. Something I never would think to make from scratch…but now I’m excited to try them!
Hmm… I would have never thought to make these by hand, but what a brilliant idea. Thanks for sharing
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Your post just answered sooo many questions for me! I always wanted to know how to get to holes in graham crackers!!! Hahah thanks
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These look perfectly amazing!!!
This inspires me to go on a camping trip with Team HLB. A gourmet camping trip. Gorumet burgers/ veggie burgers. Homemade chocolate, homemade marshmallows, homemade graham cracker for homemade smores. gourmet sangria??
*cough * come to New york *cough*
So glad you tried them out and liked them!! It seems like an intimidating thing to make but really they’re not! Yummmm…I can’t wait to make these once we’re in our new place! They’re AWEsome crumbled on oats. I can’t even describe!
These look so tasty!
I am totally going to have to try this recipe out – I don’t normally have molasses on hand, so these look PERFECT.
now I need to find a recipe for marshmallows to go ON the graham crackers..
I love graham crackers but haven’t tried homemade before. That sounds delicious!
Oh man. Jeff is going to love you and Edible Ash for introducing me to these! He loves graham crackers!!
OH and I LOVE your dessert pesto! Heather brought it to our meet-up a couple weeks back. Can’t remember if I told you or not! It was ah-mazing!
Julie your timing is impecable! I wanted to buy graham crackers when I went grocery shopping this week, but I forgot to put them on my list and therefore forgot to buy them. I wasn’t going to go back to the store for just a box of graham crackers, and now I don’t have to!
Banana soft serve between two graham crackers make for awesome “ice cream” sandwiches!
mmmm…sounds good!
Wow, you made that looks sweet and easy. Come Christmas everyone should use this for the best gingerbread houses!
Those look like they turned out wonderfully! I intend on trying this recipe as well as Ashley’s now! Awesome