The Cottage Smallholder

Thought it would be an idea to start this off. I love baking so needed to find some suitable recipes.

Today I have made crackers taken from 'everyday grain free baking' by Kelly Smith. It uses almond flour which I bought from Holland and Barrett as they will deliver here. It is a constant battle to find ingredients which does limit my choice.

I have also found cloud bread on the BBC good food site. Will be making that next.

The crackers will be for lunch tomorrow as a variation to never ending salad!

Cheddar cheese crackers

2 cups almond flour

1/2 tsp sea salt

1/4 tsp dry mustard

1/4 tsp paprika

1 cup grated cheddar

2 egg whites

2 tsps olive oil

combine almond flour, sea salt, mustard and paprika. Mix in the grated cheese. Mix in egg whites and oil and combine to form a ball.

roll out to 1/4 inch thickness between two sheets of baking parchment. I used a pastry cutter to cut rounds. Leave on the parchment and remove excess dough. Keep doing this until all dough is used.

bake at 150 for about 15 mins. They should be brown at the edge. Open oven door and leave the crackers to crisp! Store in airtight container in the freezer until needed. I plan to take out what I need for the meal. I made 14 crackers from this mix. I guess you can change the flavours with other herbs etc.

They tasted quite nutty but with a bit of cheese and chutney I think they will be good.

Hope you enjoy them