Home-Made Graham Cracker

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This recipe couldn’t be any easier or more satisfying. The graham flour (aka whole wheat flour) gives these crackers their nutty flavor. I sweeten them with both brown sugar and honey. It is everything we love about our childhood memories of this cracker/cookie but they are fresh and even better. This recipe will give you more than you need for a single cheese cake, but once people smell them baking they can’t keep their fingers off the extras!

Makes about 48 2 1/2-inch squares (this will greatly depend on how thin you roll the dough)

2 1/2 cups (10 ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour

1 cup (4.5 ounces) graham flour (whole wheat)

1/4 cup + 1 tablespoon (2 ounces) brown sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon kosher salt

3 ounces unsalted butter

1/2 cup honey

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/3 cup water

1 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine all the ingredients in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment. Mix until smooth and well combined, scraping down the bowl to make sure the butter is not stuck to the sides.

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Spread the graham cracker dough onto a piece of parchment or a silpat.

graham cracker crust

Lay another piece of parchment or wax paper over the dough and roll it out with a rolling pin, until about an 1/8-inch thick. The thinner you get it the crisper the crackers and quicker they will bake.

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Peel off the top parchment and transfer the bottom parchment with dough onto a cookie sheet.

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Bake for about 8 minutes and then turn the cookie sheet around and bake for another 5-8 minutes. (If you want them to break into even squares, then score the dough with a fork midway through baking.) The crackers should be golden brown.

graham cracker crust

Cool on a rack. Once the cracker is cool you can break up into pieces. As you can see I just left it up to chance and didn’t score my dough, since I intend to pulverize them anyway!

graham cracker crust

If making the crackers into a crust then grind them up in a food processor. Use what you need for the crust and freeze the rest.

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8 Responses to “Home-Made Graham Cracker”

02/25/08 4:41 pm	KN said... As always, looks great!! May I ask what weights of the flours you are using? Sorry, me and my OCD-self can’t simply measure things.
02/26/08 4:16 pm	zoe said... Hi KN, Thanks for asking, I had meant to include the weight! Enjoy, Zoë
02/26/08 5:11 pm	KN said... Thanks, Zoë!
02/26/08 8:58 pm	zoe said... Hi KN, My pleasure! Zoë
06/7/08 7:46 pm	Ina said... I was wondering if I could sub the honey with Brown Sugar. My baby is not yet 1, and he is not supposed to have honey yet . . .
06/9/08 8:22 am	zoe said... Hi Ina, Yes, you can substitute brown sugar for the honey. It will have a wonderful flavor. Enjoy! Zoë
05/21/09 8:17 pm	kathleen said... If the goal is to make graham cracker crust isn’t there a way to make pie crust without making the crackers first? more butter, more sugar, less liquid? add some nuts?
05/22/09 9:22 pm	zoe said... Hi kathleen, I think you are really on to something! You could make the dough but you’d want it to be more tender, like a tart dough. The way that a traditional graham cracker bakes up it wouldn’t have the right texture if you didn’t break it up. I’d try making a tart dough with graham flour. Thanks for the idea! Zoë