Parmesan Sesame Crackers..... One day I ran out of crackers and thought there must be a recipe for crackers that are easy to make and yet delicious. So I found a recipe for simple water crackers and adjusted it a bit to include some of my favorite toppings. This recipe makes wonderful crispy crackers that have so much flavor. Delicious and great! It is definitely a keeper! Hope you enjoy...
In the above photo, I did not sprinkle with cheese on top ( I forgot) and yet they still came out great:)
Note: Feel free to adjust amounts of some of the seeds/toppings/ flavorings... I've used chives, paprika, caraway... but flax, fennel seeds and other small seeds can be added.
These crackers are excellent served with salad, soup, cheese or spreads.
Ingredients: Makes about 4 dozen.
- 2 cups All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2/3 cup warm water
- 1/3 cup Vegetable oil
- 1 Egg white blended with 2 TBS water
- 6 TBS Sesame seeds
- 3 TBS poppy seeds
- 1 /3 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Lightly grease two 14x17-inch baking sheets. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, most of the seeds and cheese in large bowl. Sometimes I mix in all the parmesan and seeds into the dough. But you can reserve some as a topping.
1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Lightly grease two 14x17-inch baking sheets. Combine flour, baking powder and salt, most of the seeds and cheese in large bowl. Sometimes I mix in all the parmesan and seeds into the dough. But you can reserve some as a topping.
2. Stir in water and oil, mixing until smooth dough forms. Halve dough.
3. Flatten 1 piece into large square directly on 1 prepared sheet. Cut into 2 3/4 x 3 1/4-inch pieces, leaving in place on baking sheet.
4. Pierce all over with fork. Brush generously with egg white mixture.
5. Sprinkle with extra cheese and seeds( if you didn't use it all in the dough). Repeat with remaining half of dough. Bake until crackers are dry and golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Recut if necessary. Cool on racks.
6. Store crackers in airtight container. 
6 comments:
Made this! Mmm... It's delicious! Thank you :)
Anon, Yay! So glad you liked them:)... Thanks for stopping by and sharing your feedback.
Hi Ellie, I made this once and again now and each time the dough is really sticky. The first time I left it under a towel for a few hours and I could do something with it, but I had to add flour. Could you add measurements in grams or ounces, cups can be so different, I have European cups, so maybe it is that, although I hoped that what mattered was the ratio of solids to liquid, but it seems that here, the quantity does matter, and there can be so easily variations. I am again letting the dough rest, after adding some extra flour, then kneading it, then more water, now I gave up and let it rest, hopefully it will get the right consistency. The first time it worked and the crackers were really good, so I wanted to try again and was really careful but still got it very sticky. Thanks,
Roxana
Hi Roxana, I’m sorry to hear that you are having a hard time with the recipe… I’ve done this recipe many times and it is not too picky to be precise. The dough is soft, but not sticky to the hands. It’s actually more on the oily side which makes it easy to roll out. I haven’t made it using grams, but you can look online to convert cup measurements into grams. A good resource can be found here.. https://www.allrecipes.com/article/cup-to-gram-conversions/
I hope that helps!
Thanks Ellie, I bought American measurement cups, also packed the cups with flour and cheese this time, and the dough came out great, like it should. I love so many of your recipes, I made a few along the years, I have a few I make very often. I am Romanian, have been here for 26 years, and miss some of the dishes my mom used to make, but do not miss how heavy some could be. Your recipes are healthier versions but keep the taste, and they also adjust to the stores and the measurements here. Thanks a lot!
Hi Roxana, Aww… Thank you so very much for your kind and sweet comment… after all theses years I’m still blessed to know that some of the recipes I’ve posted are still being used and of help to others.
I’m so glad the recipe came out for you!
Thank you for taking the time to write and share… it made my day!
I’m so thankful for your appreciation.
May God bless you and keep you!
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