I'm not a huge graham cracker fan, I think I've bought two boxes in the last decade, but you need them for smores and are a great excuse to eat frosting and the crumbs make a nice crust. My in-laws bought a box of the gluten free ones and they were okay but at $5 a box for 20 smallish crackers, that's a little pricey. Since I've already attempted all the easy stuff (Croissants and cinnamon rolls) I wondered if I could handle graham crackers (that's a joke!). They actually turned out, are really affordable to make, and are a little addicting and even better than the wheat, boxed variety! I cut the recipe in half and it exactly fits my silicone baking sheet but the original recipe uses parchment paper and separated each crack, I just spread it out, cut it into squares with a pizza cutter and then repeat the lines halfway through baking and it works great. I also don't have molasses so I upped the brown sugar and the honey to get that unique taste. Then I dipped them in chocolate...enjoy!
Gluten Free Graham Crackers:
2 cups gluten free flour (I used 1/3 part each brown rice flour, corn starch, and oat flour)
1 tsp xantham gum
1/4 tsp each baking soda and baking powder
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
6 T softened shortening
4 tablespoons honey (or 2 of honey and 2 of molasses)
1 tsp vanillas
1 egg
Water or milk as needed.
Whisk together dry ingredients and combine wet ingredients in another bowl, mix together until you get a soft dough, add a little water or milk as needed to pull it together. Pat into a greased silicone baking mat or use parchment paper as desired, it should be about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into squares with a pizza cutter and bake at 350 until puffy, golden brown, and solid, repeat serrations halfway through baking. Cool on a wire rack and enjoy!
