- 80
Ingredients
- 2 c. almond flour
- 2 egg whites from large eggs
- 1/4 tsp. onion powder
- 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional, use more if you like things hot)
- 1/8 tsp. chili powder
- 1 c. grated Cheddar cheese (more if you want them cheesier)
- 1/4 tsp. salt (optional)
Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 325º. Cut parchment paper to
the bottom of an 11″ x 16½” sheet pan. Just set the paper on your kitchen counter for now. Mix almond flour and seasonings in a bowl. Add egg whites and stir with a fork. Add cheese and continue stirring until it forms a moist dough. Spoon (or crumble with your hands) the dough evenly onto parchment working from the center out. Cover the dough blobs with a sprayed/oiled sheet of waxed paper the same size. Using a rolling pin, roll dough into a single, smooth rectangular sheet of dough the size of the parchment. Be careful to not let the dough exceed the piece of parchment paper. If it does, put those bits back into the sheet and roll smooth again. You definitely want this dough to go all the way to the edges of the parchment paper so the crackers will be thin enough to be crisp.
Slowly and carefully lift off the waxed paper. Use the tip of a pointed knife to lift up two corners and with your hands, applying tension to keep the sheet stiff, carefully lift parchment, dough and all onto the baking sheet. If you cut it the right size, it should sit right down on the bottom nicely. Using your sharp knife, carefully (and gently since the dough is fragile) score the dough into cracker shapes (8 x 10, making 80 crackers total). Pop into your preheated 325º oven and bake for about 10-11 minutes or until lightly browned. The outer rows brown faster, so you will likely need to remove outer rows as soon as they are browned so those don’t get over-browned while the center ones finish cooking. Cool a few minutes and separate into separate crackers along your score lines. Store in an airtight container or ziploc bag.
Makes 80 crackers, each cracker contains: (using 1 c. cheese only)
(due to high oil content of cheddar cheese) re-crisp on a baking sheet in a 325º in the oven for about 10 minutes.
NUTRITIONAL INFO: Makes 80 crackers, each cracker contains: (using 1 c. cheese only)
23.5 calories
1.98 g fat
.64 g carbs, .3 g fiber, .34 g NET CARBS
1.12 g protein
20.4 mg sodium
Of course, they’ll cook OK with the chickpea flour, Cathy, but I fear the flavor will come through and it might not render as crisp a cracker. You’d really just have to test it out and see. Let me know, as I would be interested to learn, and perhaps other readers with nut allergies would like to know, too. If they don’t come out crisp enough, you might try adding a bit of either arrowroot or tapioca starch to help crisp them up more. Those can be ordered (I think) from Netrition.com, but then so can almond flour.
1/4 tsp each of garlic & onion powder and salt are perfect for the seasoning. Be sure to sprinkle salt on top when done. I made my own almond meal by processing almonds (not too long or you’ll get almond butter). Makes them nice and crunchy.
You can make your own almond flour, but that’s very hard on your food processor blade if you do it very often, IMHO. I will only make it from scratch if I have none commercially ground on hand just to save wear and tear on my FP blade.