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Saltine Crackers | Soda Crackers | Savory Herb Cookies

A saltine crackers or a soda crackers are thin, crispy square crackers made with flour, yeast, baking soda and a little fat. These savory herb cookies contains very less fat and sugar and is perfect with a little cheese on top.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Baking, Cookies, savory snack, Snacks
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 40 Crackers
Calories: 15kcal

Equipment

  • bowl
  • pan

Ingredients

Dry ingredients –

  • ¾ cup All purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Baking soda little less than
  • ½ teaspoon Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Instant yeast
  • ¼ teaspoon Cream of tartar could be substituted with 3 drops of vinegar

Wet Ingredients –

  • 3 tablespoon Water plus a little more to make the dough
  • 1 tablespoon Butter
  • 1 tablespoon Oil

For the topping –

  • 1 tablespoon Mixed herbs
  • 1 teaspoon Salt

Instructions

  • Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl of a food processor or any other bowl. I used my food processor to make the dough, but you could make it by hand or use the stand mixer.
  • Combine the 3 tablespoon of water, butter and oil in a sauce pan and gently heat them until the butter dissolves. Let this mixture cool down until it is lukewarm and then add it to the food processor bowl and start to make dough.
  • Keep adding a tablespoon more of warm water until they come together to form sticky dough. Knead for a minute more and then transfer it to greased container and refrigerate overnight.
  • The next day, the dough would have risen just a little. Bring it back to room temperature and then transfer it to your floured work surface.
  • Form a rectangle by hand and then start to roll the dough out into a rectangle. Make sure to dust the work surface liberally to enable you to roll the dough out. I rolled mine out to about a 12 x 9 rectangle.
  • Now fold one side of the dough towards the center and then fold the other side over the first one. Refer to the pictures below.
  • Now roll this folded over dough to a rectangle as thin as possible. I rolled min out to about 14 x 12 inch rectangle. It is important that the dough is rolled out very thin.
  • Meanwhile preheat the oven to 425 F and line a baking sheet with parchment.
  • Sprinkle the rolled out dough with salt and the herbs and then gently press it in using the roller.
  • Using a ruler to guide you, cut the dough into 2 inch squares. The pizza wheel came in very handy to cut the dough.
  • Transfer the cut pieces of dough on to the prepared parchment sheet. You could lay them as close as possible, since the crackers would not spread upon baking. The crackers actually shrink a bit when baking. Prick each cracker atleast 2 times with a fork. This would avoid the crackers from puffing up when baking.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 8-10 minutes until the edges start to turn light golden brown. Start watching them from about 7 minutes. Mine were done in exactly 8 minutes.
  • At the end of the baking period, turn off the oven and leave the oven door open. The crackers would remain in the oven and continue to cool in the racks. This enables them to retain their crispness. Once the crackers are completely cooled down, transfer them to an airtight container.
  • These crackers disappeared entirely right after I clicked them. They were pretty addictive!

Nutrition

Calories: 15kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 82mg | Potassium: 9mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg