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Homemade Graham Crackers

Jun 10, 2020 · 2 Comments

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Homemade Graham Crackers are simple to whip together with only 6 basic ingredients. Use your homemade graham crackers in other recipes, for making S’mores or just as a snack!

graham crackers made from scratch

Homemade Graham Crackers

If you love S’mores you have got to try your hand at making Homemade Graham Crackers and then promptly making S’mores with those bad boys! Seriously, it takes the S’mores game up about 10 notches. 

Making Graham Crackers from scratch is actually a really easy process. The dough is made just like roll and cut sugar cookies, actually. The most noticeable difference is the fact that they are made with whole wheat flour. 

Where storebought graham crackers and homemade graham crackers have a lot of similarities and differences, most people who try the homemade version swear it’s better than the boxed stuff. It’s really hard to find a reason to go back to boxed once you see how fresh and flavorful the homemade version can be. Of course, once you try the recipe, you’ll see for yourself. 😉

homemade graham crackers and Smores

What’s In Homemade Graham Crackers?

  • Butter: Use what you have on hand, I always use salted butter. If you are planning on using unsalted butter, I would suggest adding in a pinch of salt to the dough prior to baking.
  • Brown Sugar: Brown sugar is the only sugar used in this recipe, keeping things very simple!
  • Egg: two eggs, that’s it!
  • Vanilla
  • Baking Powder
  • Whole Wheat Flour: This one is a must! Use whole wheat flour, not all purpose flour. These are not interchangeable in this recipe. 

graham crackers prior to being baked

How to Make Homemade Graham Crackers

Like I said earlier, making graham crackers is no harder than making sugar cookies. To create the dough, we will start by creaming together butter and brown sugar. You can do this with an electric hand mixer or stand mixer. 

Once the butter and brown sugar are combined, scrape the sides of your bowl and add in an egg and vanilla extract. Mix until well combined. Lastly, whole wheat flour and baking powder are added. The dough should be soft and easy to work with. It should feel like a grainy play-doh. If the dough is too sticky, add a little more flour, 1 tablespoon at a time. If the dough is dry and cracks when rolling out, add in a little water, 1 tsp at a time.

graham cracker dough rolled out and cut

Roll the dough out until it is about 1/4 inch thick. Use a rectangle cookie cutter or pizza cutter to cut out the rectangles. You can score the rectangles so they look similar to store bought graham crackers if you’d like. Poke holes with a fork to make them graham cracker-esque and this will help the crackers to not puff up while baking. 

Bake on a greased cookie sheet or a parchment lined cookie sheet for 15-20 minutes. You’ll want the crackers to be stiff to the touch but not overly browned. 

Allow the crackers to cool completely before removing from the pan. 

homemade graham crackers made into s'mores

How to store Graham Crackers

The Graham crackers need to be stored at room temperature, preferably in an air tight container or bag but that isn’t as important as room temperature. I generally toss them into a zip top bag and store them in my pantry. 

How many Graham Crackers does this recipe make?

This really depends on the size of graham cracker you are wanting to make. I made twelve 4″x 6″ rectangle graham crackers with some extra smaller edge graham crackers. Those are a lot larger than regular graham crackers. If you don’t need that many, feel free to half the recipe. 

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Graham Crackers

Homemade Graham Crackers are simple to whip together with only 6 basic ingredients. Use your homemade graham crackers in other recipes, for making S'mores or just as a snack!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: amercian
Keyword: graham crackers
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 321kcal
Author: Karli Bitner

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 cups whole wheat flour

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Cream together the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer until well combined.Scrape sides and add in vanilla and egg. Mix until combined.
  • Add whole wheat flour and baking powder to the bowl. Mix slowly at first gradually getting faster until the dough comes together. The texture should be like Playdoh. Add a little flour or water if needed to get it to a soft, pliable consistency.
  • Turn out onto a floured surface. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough out thin (think graham cracker thin.). The cookies will not rise while baking, they will not get thinner while baking. Roll out to your desired FINISHED thickness.
  • Use cookie cutters or a pizza cutter to cut the dough into rectangles. 
  • Poke the rectangles with a fork.
  • Transfer to a greased cookie sheet (or parchment lined). Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes, you don't want these to start turning brown (burning) but you do want them to bake long enough so they are crackery. They should feel stiff if tapped while in the oven. 
  • Allow the crackers to cool completely before removing from pan.
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Nutrition

Calories: 321kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 68mg | Sodium: 152mg | Potassium: 232mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 512IU | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg

 

 

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  1. Karen says

    June 14, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    Oh gosh. I can’t wait to make these! They look heavenly… Especially as s’mores 🤤😋 thanks, Karli!

  2. Karli Bitner says

    June 16, 2020 at 1:48 pm

    I hope you love them, Karen!! ❤️

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