Healthier Graham Crackers

How to Make

• Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 F.

• Step 2: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

• Step 3: In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the middle and pour in oil, molasses and vanilla. Give the liquid ingredients a quick whisk with a fork and then continue mixing until everything is well combined and crumbly.

• Step 4: Drizzle in the milk and combine. Use your hands to knead the dough a few times until it holds together, add an extra tablespoon of rice milk if needed. You should be able to form a pliable ball of dough.

• Step 5: Line a work surface with parchment. Place the dough on the parchment and work into a rectangle. Flatten a bit with the palms of your hand and sprinkle with flour. Use a rolling pin to roll into a rectangle that is roughly 10 x 14 inches. The dough should be about 1/8 inch thick. If the edges look crumbly, that’s okay.

• Step 6: Cut the edges off so that you have a relatively even 12 x 8 rectangle. Cut the dough into 8 crackers, to do this evenly use a sharp paring knife or pizza roller to slice the dough in half lengthwise and width wise. Then cut width wise again on either side of the center width wise cut.

• Step 7: Use a very thin flexible spatula to transfer the crackers to a baking sheet. It helps if you spray the spatula with cooking spray so that it slips on and off easily.

• Step 8: Gather up the scraps of dough and form them into a ball, then roll it out into a 4 by 8 rectangle, or whatever size you can manage. Cut the edges evenly and slice into 4 crackers then transfer to the baking sheet.

• Step 9: Score each cookie with a fork 4 times in 2 columns. You don’t need to poke all the way through.

• Step 10: Bake for 12 to 14 minutes (14 minutes will give you nice crispy crackers).

• Step 11: Let cool completely on the baking sheet.