Country Living Savory Crackers
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Country Living Savory Crackers
~ raw, vegan, gluten-free, nut-free ~
Raw crackers are great staples to keep on hand. They will feed that craving for crunchy textures when it hits. In an airtight container, they should keep for 2-3 weeks.
The base for this cracker is the almond pulp which gives the cracker lightness, major crunch, and a nice firm foundation for any cheese or spread.
If you choose to use ground almonds in place of the pulp, the cracker will much more heavy and dense. Not to say that is a bad thing, just different from what I have created here.
This cracker is savory but not too strong in flavor that would overpower whatever dip or spread you decide to serve it with. I hope you enjoy this recipe. Blessings, amie sue
Ingredients:
Yields 75 (2×2”) crackers
Preparation:
- In the food processor, fitted with the”S” blade, break the sunflower and pumpkin seeds down to flour.
- Add the flax, nutritional yeast, onion & garlic powder, and salt. Pulse to mix together. Pour into a large bowl.
- Add to the bowl the almond pulp, coconut aminos, and lemon juice. Mix well with hands. It’s just more fun than with a spoon!
- Spread the batter onto the teflex sheet that comes with the dehydrator about 1/4″ thick.
- Square up the edges nice and straight, then score the crackers into the desired shape and size.
- I used a long metal ruler to score the crackers. You can use a pizza cutter or knife, just be careful that you don’t cut the teflex sheet.
- Dehydrate at 145 degrees (F) for 1 hour then reduce to 115 degrees (F) for 8 hours, flip them onto the mesh sheet and peel the teflex sheet off. Continue drying for another 6-8 hours or until dry.
- Once cool, snap the crackers and apart and store in an airtight container for 2 weeks.
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Tags: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Nut Pulp, Refined Sugar Free, Soy Free, sugar free, Vegan
Amie Sue, I’m confused on the hazelnuts. They are not listed in the ingredients. Thanks, Jan
Sorry for the confusion… I meant to type pumpkin seeds, not hazelnuts… oy-vey :)
Good Morning…
I just got my dehydrator yesterday so this is going to be my 1st project! I am so excited. In reading the recipe …I don’t see hazel nuts, but it mentions them in the directions. How many, if any?
Thanks
BJ
Oh awesome BJ, which machine did you get? I fixed the recipe, not sure why I said the word hazelnuts, I meant pumpkin seeds. lol Must have been sleeping when I typed that. :) Have a happy day, amie sue
The first step says hazelnuts? How much and do they need to be soaked?
Typo on my end… I didn’t use hazelnuts in this recipe… I must have been day dreaming. lol
thanks for this, too! I am making the biscotti and am just deeeelighted with the taste, crunch, richness…and my friends love them too !
Bless you!
I hope you like them Kanti. And so good to hear that you are enjoying the biscotti. :) Have a wonderful and glorious day, amie sue
amie-sue… I got the Sedona. It’s beautiful. I had not planned on that one because of the cost, but then I found it online at Costco for the same price and one of the gals that teaches a raw food class here has one and recommended it. So I am off into a whole new world of dehydrating. :) Thanks for the update. I’m off to start my 1st project.
Be back soon.
BJ
Oh I hope you like it BJ. I sent mine back but I am soooo excited for your dehydrating adventures. Never hesitate to ask questions, I will always do my best to help. :) amie sue
Amie-sue
I have to ask…why did you return yours?
All this is new to me. I’ve only made Cheezy Kale Chips, so far. By the way the Touchdown Dip is to die for! Taking it to a Bunco party tonight :)
BJ
Both of those are highly addictive hehe I hope that you Bunco party enjoyed it! I sent the machine back for several reasons. First of all, I think the Sedona is beautiful and I love the digital display. The features that I didn’t like; I didn’t like that the door open out and down (being hinged at the bottom). The hinges and crackers became a collection device for crumbs and it was a pain to clean. I would have liked that the door opened to the side or removed. The trays are a tad smaller than the Excalibur. The Excalibur trays are 15×15 and the Sedona are 14×14 – that is a big difference x 9 trays. Also, I don’t like the tall lip around the edge of the trays on the Sedona. It made it hard for me when spreading the batter from edge to edge to score it. I like to use a large 18″ metal ruler when I do my scoring to get nice even scores. Plus the lip of their trays flare outward which I didn’t like for clean edges to my crackers or bars. I also found that most foods stuck to the BPA-Free & PTFE-Free PP Drying Sheets and were very stiff when I tried to peel them off of crackers, etc.
I wanted to love it, I really did but in the end I love the Excalibur better. I have been using the Excalibur for over 6 years, almost nonstop so I guess I grew picky. haha. Have a great evening! amie sue
Amie-sue Thanks for your comments on the Sedona..I should have asked you 1st before I bought mine. I haven’t done enough with it yet to discover the negatives. You have to know the Touchdown dip was a HUGE success! Everyone wants the recipe. I think it’s the best dip I’ve ever had in my life! Yum yum yum… Ok back to the kitchen, today it’s Sweet and Spicy Onion rings, get ready for the Savory Crackers and then the basic cheese. By the way, you often mention a store…what kind of store do you have and where is it? Thanks again for all you do.
BJ
Good morning BJ… well you might find that you really enjoy the Sedona. I just come from years with the Excalibur and have developed habits in how I use a machine and what I expect from it. Keep pressing forward with it and have fun with dehydrating! So happy to hear that your ladies enjoyed the “cheese”, I find it to be a real crowd pleaser as well. It just tickles me that you are busy in the kitchen trying recipes. :) Regarding the “store”… my husband and I own a chain of new and used book stores that also sell musical instruments, electronics, CD’s and many other things. We have 1 in Flagstaff, 1 in Mesa, 1 in Phoenix, 3 in Tucson and an on-line presence. Bookmans.com. We just now opened another new store that has the same format as the book stores but now sell sporting and outdoor equipment. You can see a link on the bookmans link to see photos of it. They are really unlike any other store that you can seen. Have a blessed day BJ, amie sue
Looks like another winner, Amie-Sue… can’t wait to try it!
Keep me posted if you do adaria. :) It is a winner in my book, I hope it becomes one in yours. amie sue
I just made this batter, and I’m wondering if I’m supposed to add more liquid. It’s not spreadable, exactly ’cause it’s pretty dry. (I really drain the hell out of my almond pulp….) Shall I add water until it’s spread-y, or just sculpt it onto the teflex? Batter tastes great, of course! :)
Hello Cheynne,
Yes, add some water so you can spread. That is why I indicated moist almond pulp. Every batch for yourself and between others will need some fine tweaking because somedays we have more hand strength than others when it comes to squeezing the nut pulps. :) Keep me posted how it turns out. Blessings, amie sue
Hi Amie Sue, thank you for another ahhhmazing recipe:) I visit your website everyday, though I don’t have the time to make all the recipes but my save list is full of your recipes and I intend to make them all in the future! I have one question, personally I don’t like the taste of onion and garlic as I find them very pungent, would you suggest subbing with something else or omit them in the recipes?
Thank you Michele. So thrilled to have here. I know it hard to make all the recipes… it’s hard enough for me to keep up with my own passion of making healthy foods. lol I have a list of recipes to make too. :) Since you don’t like the flavor of onion or garlic, you can omit them all together or replace them with other savory seasoning that you do enjoy. You just have to look over the ingredients to make sure the end flavors are what you want and that they all play well together. Many blessings, amie sue
I had a day off today and I managed to make three recipes! I made the black sesame wasabi crackers (probably my favourite so far, they were so addictive!), pizza crackers but I used Greek seasoning instead of Italian seasoning tasted very good like corn chips, and lastly the Black Forest cheesecake(omg this was deeeeelicious!!), the cacao cheesecake tasted like malted hot chocolate that I used to have back in those ‘before raw days’, may I know why did you use water instead of milk for the filling as most of yoir cheesecake recipes use milk?
It sounds like you had a busy but blessed day off Michele. I love days like that. I spend the majority of my days in the kitchen, it’s my happy place. hehe Regarding your question about water verses milk… I will sometimes use water based on all the other ingredients being used and/or if I am just trying to cut a calorie or two here and there, or based on what I have.
So happy that you are enjoying the recipes. Thank you so much for sharing. It means a lot. Have a blessed day and be sure to ease into the weekend with grace. amie sue :)
Dear Amie-Sue, the second and third paragraphs say “almond pulp”, but it’s not listed among ingredients… I would assume the ingredients list is correct.
I apologize, I don’t know how I missed it, “almond pulp” IS listed right there!
It’s all good Natasha. It’s easy to overlook things… it happens to me too. :) Enjoy and have a wonderful day, amie sue