Gluten-Free Tuesday: Graham Crackers Recipe

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Elizabeth Barbone
Elizabeth Barbone: Contributing Writer at Serious Eats
Elizabeth Barbone develops delicious and creative recipes for the food allergic and gluten-free communities through her site Gluten-Free Baking. Author of three cookbooks: Easy Gluten-Free Baking (2009), How to Cook Gluten-Free (2012), and The World's Easiest Paleo Baking (2016).
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Updated September 29, 2018
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Elizabeth Barbone

S'mores, crumb crusts, a quick ice cream sandwich. All of these treats are possible thanks to a humble childhood snack: the graham cracker. S'mores probably weren't what Sylvester Graham had in mind back in 1829 when he created a "honey health biscuit" made from whole grains. Most of today's graham crackers are made from refined wheat flour. If you are on a gluten-free diet, this is a problem. However, gluten-free grahams are easy to make at home. And even if you aren't gluten-free, making homemade graham crackers is a fun—and tasty—way to experience classic graham crackers in a new way.

Brown rice flour takes center stage here. It lends a nice "grain" flavor to the graham crackers without being overwhelming. Also in the lineup are brown sugar and honey. They add a nice sweetness without turning these graham crackers into cookies. (You'll notice that this recipe is egg-free. If you are vegan or have a dairy allergy, the dairy can be replaced with dairy-free alternatives and the honey can be replaced with another liquid sweetener; I like golden syrup.) Unlike other gluten-free recipes, this one doesn't require the structure that xanthan gum provides. So, it doesn't make an appearance in this recipe.

Recipe Details

Gluten-Free Tuesday: Graham Crackers Recipe

Prep 35 mins
Cook 15 mins
Total 50 mins
Serves 12 graham crackers
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Ingredients

Dry Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups brown rice flour

  • 1/2 cup cornstarch

  • 1/3 cup dark brown sugar

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

Wet Ingredients:

  • 5 tablespoons butter, cold

  • 6 tablespoons milk

  • 3 tablespoons honey

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. In the bowl of a food processor, combine dry ingredients. Pulse to combine. (If you don't have a food processor, whisk dry ingredients together in a medium mixing bowl.)

  2. Add the butter. Pulse until flour mixture is coarse. No large pieces of butter should remain. (Or cut cold butter into flour mixture with a pastry cutter, two knives or by rubbing the butter between your fingers.)

  3. Add milk and honey. Pulse until dough forms. (Or stir using a wooden spoon.)

  4. Turn dough out onto a lightly rice floured piece of 12x16 parchment paper.

  5. Pat dough into a rectangle. Dust the top of the dough lightly with rice flour.

  6. Place another piece of 12-by-16-inch parchment paper on top of the dough. Roll dough out until it covers all of the paper. Dough rectangle will be about 1/8 inch thick.

  7. Carefully remove top piece of parchment paper.

  8. Transfer dough, with bottom parchment paper, to a 12 x 18 baking pan.

  9. Using a pizza wheel, score the dough into rectangles. (The rectangles should be 6 x 2 3/4 inches large for "standard" graham crackers and 3 by 2 3/4 for a "s'more" size graham cracker.) The graham crackers will break apart after baking. Do not worry if the dough seems to still be touching after scoring with the pizza wheel.

  10. Prick dough all over with a fork.

  11. Chill dough for 10 minutes.

  12. Bake for 15 minutes or until evenly brown.

  13. Remove graham crackers from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool. (I slide the parchment, with the crackers, directly onto the cooling rack.)

  14. Allow crackers to cool completely. Break along scored lines.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)
174Calories
5gFat
30gCarbs
2gProtein
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Nutrition Facts
Servings: 12
Amount per serving
Calories174
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5g7%
Saturated Fat 3g16%
Cholesterol 13mg4%
Sodium 174mg8%
Total Carbohydrate 30g11%
Dietary Fiber 1g3%
Total Sugars 10g
Protein 2g
Vitamin C 0mg0%
Calcium 40mg3%
Iron 1mg3%
Potassium 79mg2%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

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