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This recipe for cinnamon sugar crackers is delicious and is easier to digest with more nutrition than organic store crackers.
If you are looking for a healthy alternative to cinnamon graham crackers or any of the organic snacks at the store made with refined grains, give these cinnamon sugar sprouted crackers a try!
Sprouting grains is one of three traditional methods ancestral peoples used for preparing them for optimal digestion and protection of the gut from damage from antinutrients.
Soaking flour and sour leavening of dough (using sourdough starter) are the other two methods.
Sprouting flour breaks down gluten and other anti-nutrients in the grain, which makes it far easier to digest.
This method is unique from the other two approaches to ancestral grain preparation as it also boosts nutritional content, particularly Vitamin C and the B vitamins.
Preparation Tips
I like to use date syrup for these sprouted crackers as it is a fruit-based sweetener with a simpler molecule (monosaccharide) than even maple syrup, coconut sugar, or sucanat (dehydrated whole cane sugar), which are all disaccharides.
In addition, dates are high in tryptophan, an amino acid that is calming and relaxing when consumed.
You may substitute buttermilk for the yogurt if desired. Do not use Greek yogurt, however, as it is too thick to produce the right consistency for the dough.
I do not recommend toxic parchment paper for baking these crackers as all brands are coated with a hormone-disrupting chemical. Instead, I suggest using uncoated cooking parchment that has been dampened before baking. Another method is to grease and lightly flour the baking sheets like Grandma used to do!
If you prefer a more savory cracker, try this gluten-free herbed cracker recipe instead.
Cinnamon Sugar Sprouted Crackers
This recipe for cinnamon sugar crackers is delicious and is easier to digest with more nutrition than organic store crackers.
Ingredients
- 5 cups sprouted pastry flour preferably freshly ground and organic
- 2 1/4 cups whole yogurt preferably grassfed
- 1/2 cup butter melted, preferably grassfed
- 4 Tbsp ground cinnamon preferably organic and freshly ground
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon oil
- 3/4 cup date syrup
- 1 Tbsp baking powder
- 2 tsp sea salt
Instructions
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Mix flour and yogurt by hand or with a mixer. Blend until a slightly stiff dough forms. Add melted butter, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cinnamon oil, and date sugar until smooth.
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Divide the dough into four equal parts. Roll out each quarter of the dough to 1/8 inch thickness on greased and lightly flour cookie sheets (I do not recommend parchment paper as all brands are coated with a hormone-disrupting chemical).
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Cut the dough into square-shaped crackers. Brush the top of each cracker with butter and carefully place on a cookie sheet. When this process is complete for all 4 sections of dough, bake in a 300°F/ 150°C oven for 30 minutes.
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Reduce heat to 200°F/ 93°C and continue to bake the sprouted crackers for 3 more hours or until the crackers are dry and crisp. Take care to not overdry.
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Cool on the counter and store in airtight containers in the pantry for up to a week. Refrigeration in humid climates is recommended.
Yum. These look great. Can’t have gluten though… I’d make them grain free!!
Cheeseslave has a sprouted flour cracker that you can bake in the dehydrator at the highest setting. It takes about 24 hours. I wonder if that would work with these?
Since there is yogurt/buttermilk in the recipe, couldn’t you just soak the flour overnight before beginning this recipe? (Then you would not have to go to the trouble of srouting the flour) What do you think?
Sure that’s fine too. Sprouted flour has a unique taste and is higher in nutrients though so keep that in mind.
Thank you. Ill try Whole Foods and Sprouts, if not I know of a Gourmet Shop.
Vicki
I’ve never seen cinnamon oil. Is that something you can get a regular grocery store or do you have to get it a specialty store or online?
Vicki
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Healthfood stores carry it. I’ve also seen it at gourmet kitchen shops in the Mall.
Know that the crackers taste fine without it too. Just not quite as cinnamon-y.
You can order cinnamon oil online. One company which makes it is called LorAnn Oils. I use it at Christmas time to make hard candy for my family, because it’s been a favorite for years. It is, sorry to say, not a health food, however.
Also, Vietnamese Cinnamon (powdered) would probably make these taste excellent. It is available from Frontier. I think the web site is frontier co-op.com or something like that.
I love To Your Health’s products. A few years ago when she was still selling her sprouted baked goods I bought her crackers many times and they were wonderful. Peggy’s no shipping deal this month is a real gift!!
For those who want crackers NOW but don’t have any sprouted flour available, I just made a batch of delicious crackers using the yogurt dough recipe from Nourishing Traditions. I cut the dough into eighths to make it easier to manage, rolled it out as thinly as possibly, and then tried out different topping variations. I cut them into crackers using a pizza cutter. My 11yo daughter and I made several cinnamon batches simply by sprinkling a mixture of sucanat and cinnamon liberally all over the dough. I spread a thin layer of butter on some and topped it with freshly grated parmesan and a sprinkling of salt. Then my daughter had the idea of drizzling olive oil on it. So we topped another batch with parmesan, gave it a sprinkling of thyme, and then very lightly drizzled olive oil on it. These were a little harder to transfer to the cookie sheet, but they crisped up the best in the oven. All of them are to die for! I hope to blog about them soon if I can find the time. 🙂
Thank you for your wonderful blog – I have just recently discovered it.
Great idea Amy. Thanks for sharing.
I’m curious about the cinnamon oil as well. The photo shows the ground cinnamon. These sound like an awesome substitute for graham crackers!
Could I use kefir instead of buttermilk or yogurt?
Yes, that’s fine. Clabbered raw milk is fine too. Buttermilk and yogurt will give the best tasting results though.
Oh, my. These look awesome!
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