Homemade Whole Wheat Crackers are really tasty and even my picky eater likes them. Roll them out very, very… very thinly. If you only roll them out to a quarter inch thick, they will be kind of chewy, which is OK, but if you like crisp crackers, go ahead and roll them out to 1/8 inch. I substituted maple syrup for the honey because I was out of honey and I substituted more whole wheat flour for the extra bran this time. Either way is great! 
Whole Wheat Crackers
- 1 cup wheat flour or whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 tbsp wheat bran
- 1 tsp corn meal
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp honey
- 2 tbsp butter, chilled
- 1/4 cup water, plus 1-2 tbsp, if needed
Before you bake these crackers, you can sprinkle them with olive oil, sesame seed, salt, black pepper, paprika, or any combination of ingredients you like.
I use a food processor for this recipe! Its easy and fast. If you don’t use the food processor, use a hand or stand mixer.
Combine all ingredients except the water in the bowl of your food processor and process until well combined. Add water little by little and continue to process until mixture starts to come together into a dough.
Mash the dough into a flat circle, wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 375*
I like to use parchment paper for these crackers. I roll out the dough directly on the parchment paper and then lift the paper and dough together to the cookie sheet.
Place the circle of dough on the parchment paper, cover the dough with another piece of parchment. Roll the dough out to about 1/8 inch thickness. Lift the dough and parchment paper and place on the baking sheet. If you have a sock on your roller, you won’t need another sheet of parchment to cover the dough. At this point you can put all your seasonings on the dough. I used olive oil, sea salt, crushed black pepper and garlic granules. Prick the dough with a fork or toothpick. Use a pizza cutter or small sharp knife to cut the dough into 1 inch squares or diamonds. I re-roll any excess dough.
Place the bottom piece of parchment with the dough on it, onto the baking sheet and into the oven.
Bake at 375 for 18-20 minutes, until edges are brown. Slide the baked crackers off the cookie sheet and onto a wire rack to cool.
Cool completely and store in an airtight container.
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This actually looks easy enough to try. Thanks for posting it!
Those crackers look wonderful. I’ve been wanting to try a homemade cracker for my two year old. I don’t like all the stuff in store bought crackers! I know my other children will gobble them up! Thanks for the recipe. I may try it tomorrow!
Sheri
I hope you will both like them! We really do like them a lot. They are so tasty with chicken salad or tomato soup. They are heavier than regular crackers too since they are made with whole wheat so more filling. That doesn’t seem to matter to my children though they go through them like crazy.
OH, these are SOOO tasty-sounding! Can hardly WAIT to try them out!!!!! YUMMMY!!!!
My oldest daughter was recently diagnosed with hypo-glycemia and now we are trying some really new things for our family and slowly getting rid of our old eating habits. I think I will try these and see what the verdict is from everyone. The ingredients look like everything she can have except the sugar but to truly finding a receipe without sugar is pretty hard. Thanks for sharing this!
You can leave out the sugar of course, but it is really a negligible amount when you think about a hundred of so crackers with just 1 teaspoon of sweetener in them.
Hope you have success with them and your family likes them!
Thanks for sharing this recipe! I made these tonight with chicken liver pate…SO YUM! This was our first time making crackers and we’ll definitely be making them more often. Thinking about making them for our Bible study group this week
I’m so glad you liked them, Janette!
I have got to get some butter, because I am going to make me some wheat crackers. YUM Thanks for the recipe!
You’re so welcome! Next time you are over, I will feed you some. LOL