Easy Crunchy Crackers

Don’t be fooled by the short ingredient list.  These crackers are the best, with several variations to please everyone.

Easy Crunchy Crackers

½ cup oat flour
1 cup barley flour (more for rolling out)
¾ cup spelt flour
1 ¼ tsp whole salt

¾ cup warm water
Toasted sesame seeds, cumin seeds, etc.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees and set a smooth pizza stone in it to warm up

Blend together the flours and salt.  Stir in water with a fork until it forms a ball.  (Add more barley flour if too sticky)    Gently and slowly knead for 5 minutes.  Cover with a damp towel and let it sit for 10-60 minutes.  It will be a heavy dense dough.   Cut into 4 pieces and place back under the damp towel.  One piece at a time flatten out with floured fingers enough to add ½ tsp seeds.  Fold over and proceed to gently knead the seeds into dough.  Flatten out with floured fingers to about 1/3” thick.  Making sure there is ample flour underneath, roll out to 1/32”-1/16” thickness. (The thinner the crispier)  Lightly sprinkle with salt & roll into dough.  Remove the pizza stone from the oven and carefully slide the dough onto it.  Cut into 1”-2” squares.  (A pizza cutter works nicely.) Bake 7-10 minutes, until crackers are hard to the touch and slightly browned.  Cool completely on cooling rack before storing in an airtight container... if there’s any left.

Options:  Replace all the flour with 2 ½ cups fresh ground rye flour and add 2 tsp caraway or sesame seeds with the dry ingredients.   Replace all the flours with; ¾ cup oat flour, 1 cup barley flour, ½ cup buckwheat flour.  Seeds can be added as stated above, or rolled into the top with the sprinkle of salt.