Flax seed cracker

[Migrou]

Hello,

I would like to make flax seed crakers, sweet tasting, with apples and raisins. Does anyone have a good recipe?

Also I don't have any teflex sheet with my l'equip dehydrator, will it work anyhow? I have the fruit leather tray though, is that good?

Thanks,
Michelle

[smasty]

Sweet flax crackers are wonderful! I'd start with the regular base of 2 c flax seeds soaked in 2 c water, add puree'd apple, raisin and dates, maybe some orange too, and cinnamon, lots of cinnamon!

Also, I've found using parchment paper instead of teflex to be MUCH better! I'll never use my teflex again. Plus the parchment breathes a little so things dry much faster than using teflex. Look for unbleached parchment.

[Migrou]

I'm realy happy for this recipe, sounds yummy, I will definitely try it. And thanks for the tip on parchment paper!

Happy New Year, lots of good things to you and congratulation on your raw journey, keep up the good work!! :)

[Tim]

Hi,
I've only just bought a dehydrator so I have never made flax crackers before. What is the basic recipe for flax crackers. Will I need to buy a grinder to grind the flax or can it be soaked and put through a food processor?

thanks,
tim

[Joopie]

Ooh, Smasty, that sounds awesome!

[Rawmommie]

Tim, I have my first batch of flax crackers in the dehydrator right this minute! I got a coffee grinder at the thrift store for a few dollars and I put half soaked seeds and half ground up flax seed. I made two different kinds: apple cinnamon and then garlic avacado. I have no clue how they will turn out, but I'm learning as I go!

Karen

[Tim]

Good luck with the crackers :)
I am wondering if my Oscar juicer (Matstone in the US) could manage to grind Flax seeds. I'm sure it could manage them. It will grind nuts ok to make nut butters. Anyone out there tried this?

[Tim]

Hi Karen,
Forgot to ask. Was it a manual grinder you bought or an electric one?

tim

[Rawmommie]

It was electric. You can get them for about 10$ new I think. They even sell them in the grocery store near the coffee. I got mine at the thrift store for 2$.

The garlic/avacado crackers came out AMAZING!!! They are SO GOOD! Here's what I put in them: (I didn't measure though)
flax seeds(soaked)
ground flax
1 avacado
garlic
cumin
salt
water

The apple cinnamon one's aren't as crunchy and I don't really care for them, but my son tried them and really likes them. They had:
flax seeds(soaked)
ground flax
honey
cinnamon
apple puree from my juicer

[rawmom]

Hey Rawmommie, about how many hours did you have your crackers in the dehydrator? I soaked all of mine so am wondering how they will come out! Maybe next time I'll grind half as you did. We'll see!

My husband and I did the bananas in the dehydrator over the weekend-boy are they tasty! We both liked them.

Rawmom

[AJ Bodine]

Smasty, I was looking for a sweet cracker recipe. I once made cinammon apple, but they didn't taste all that good. I bet the raisins and dates really sweeten it up. Thanks! I'm going to make these tonight.

AJ

[Rawmommie]

I put them in yesterday about mid-day and they were *almost* done at night, but I left them in all night to make them extra crunchy. Yum! 12 hours is probably good. :)

[rawmom]

I've had mine in since 10 am yesterday and I just flipped them over. Now I didn't pulverize the flax but I'm thinking next time I will because I'm not so sure how I like the whole flaxseed in the cracker. Also they have been set at 105 degrees so. We'll see.

Rawmom

[misslinda]

Okay, I have a stupid question......after grinding the flaxseeds, do all the other ingredients get blended too or do you leave, for example the chopped onions chopped?

I'm dying to try this recipe....
I won't be able to get Alissa's book until the end of the month-so would someone be willing to give me the recipe and directions out of the book (PLEEEZ)?

luv,
linda

[Tim]

Hi Everyone,
Had a go at making the sweet crackers with raisins, cinammon, ground flax and whole flax. Even after dehydrating for 12 hours they still seemed a little soft and chewy. Are the ordinary flax crackers normally a firmer consistency than this. Havent tried making them yet.
By the way, my oscar juicer worked really well as a grinder for flax seeds. Had to put them through twice, but they came out as a really fine powder.

tim