Homemade Seed Crackers by darylo

Homemade Seed Crackers

I love a wonderful seed cracker, and I love the brand Mary's Gone Crackers. I did an internet search and found a "copy cat" recipe. The basic ingredients are simple:
1 cup cooked brown rice
1 cup cooked quinoa
2 tsp tamari (if you want truly gluten free--or just use soy sauce)
1 T water (or a bit more to bind together--I experimented--you can always add more water as you progress)
--toss in Food Processor and bind until it comes together well. Then toss in the following and pulse to mix in:
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/4 cup flax seeds
1/4 cup any other seed (I had chia seeds around)
Salt to taste (if you don't put any in or on, it will be a wonderful dry cracker, but salt is needed IMO).

Every recipe I saw kept getting sort of too technical for my liking--using parchment paper and such. I simply used rubber gloves (I've had an excess around because of Covid) to pat down a thin wafer after pulling out a ball of it first. I used my Silpat Pads (silicone--no sticking!). I did it in batches at 350 degrees (fan) 12 or so minutes on one side and up to 12 minutes on the other side. It needs watching as it can be as short as 5 minutes on second side, but I found it was pretty hard to burn them as it just gets crisper. You can easily pull out the done ones and then keep the others in.

Used my art lens again. My DOF may be off a bit as some crackers should be in better focus, but I like the composition enough with the hint of the olives and cheese in the background.

The crackers are DELICIOUS! I'll still buy the Mary's Gone boxes, but when I have leftover brown rice or quinoa, I'm definitely spending the time to make this!

Hot dog!
They do look delicious in the photo is spot on. I like the shallow DOF
January 4th, 2021  
Great presentation and looks yummy!
January 4th, 2021  
You shouldn't be allowed to tempt us out of our new year resolves like this!
January 4th, 2021  
They look wonderful! Love the dof.
January 4th, 2021  
they look yummy. Wonder how Paul and Mary Berry would rate them?
January 4th, 2021  
They look delicious! I love your food shots - always make me feel hungry! Lol!
January 5th, 2021  
@sailingmusic haha! Now that would be awesome if it was favorable!
January 5th, 2021  
Such professional looking food photos! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
January 5th, 2021  
they look lovely , nice photo too
January 5th, 2021  
So glad you included the recipe! Good to have you back for more than one reason
January 5th, 2021  
@jgpittenger haha! You know I was thinking you'd like this one!
January 5th, 2021  
@calm Always happy to share food recipes! I love to cook!
January 5th, 2021  
Wow, super impressed. Actually, I love the dof.
January 5th, 2021  
Lovely shot. Those crackers look tasty, as does that cheese!
January 5th, 2021  
You are so good at getting food to look enticing! That recipe -- I might have to try it because those are all ingredients I have.
January 5th, 2021  
@jyokota they are delicious as are Mary's Gone crackers. I plan on making them when I make brown rice or quinoa and just putting in seeds when I have them! The key is making sure tje3 mixture binds enough to make a "dough" and flattening the pieces thin.
January 5th, 2021  
@darylo My mind went to -- can I cook the brown rice and quinoa together in my rice cooker so I don't have to wait until I have both left over?
January 5th, 2021  
@jyokota Hmm, My guess is brown rice will be fine but quinoa may be more gluey. Quinoa only takes about 15 min on stove so you could cook at same time separately. But then again, if you cook together, you may get a nice benefit of the quinoa supplying the bind that the water normally does. I may just try it as I do all rice in my rice cooker. You do NOT want me to fix you rice on the stove. I will destroy it!
January 5th, 2021  
@darylo I'm quintessentially Japanese. I don't know how to cook rice except in a rice cooker
January 5th, 2021  
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