Baking | Flax Seeds Whole Wheat Crackers – A Healthy Baked Bonanza
“Crackers can be addictive!” Hmm.. never knew till I baked these Flax seed wholewheat crackers for myself. Ragi, Millet, cornmeal, oats and Quinoa in the pantry pushed this super food to a corner. After a long hibernation that packet of shiny brown Flax seeds finally moved out from my refrigerator. And when I was thinking to bake something with my tiny treasure, got a call from mom.
I am not one of those fortunate daughters who stay close to their mom. I meet her once in a year or sometimes after a period of two years. But talking we do almost on a daily basis, thanks to these cell phone companies. During one of our chats she informed me that she made ‘Shakkarpare‘ (or Indian deep fried cookies) with flax seeds or Alsi as we call in Hindi. She does lots of creative cooking, now that her family responsibilities have reduced to minimum.
This is when I thought of making my own version of crackers by baking the same recipe of mom. And voila I got these highly addictive and healthy first batch of my Flax seeds whole wheat crackers smiling at me ready for a quick bite. Whole wheat and flax seeds impart a wonderful nutty aroma to the crackers, while the whole seeds (flax & sesame) give a crunchy bite and texture to the goodies.
Ingredients;
(10-12 crackers)
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup Flax seeds
- 2 tbsp. sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup melted butter/ghee/oil
- 2 tbsp. powder sugar
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. baking powder
- A few tsp. milk
Method; Pre heat oven to 375°F or 180°C for 10 minutes.
Dry roast flax and sesame on slow heat for a few minutes. Take a large vessel and add flax seeds, sesame seeds, wholewheat flour, salt, powder sugar, baking powder and mix well with a fork.
Add melted butter (I added ghee, clarified butter) and mix the dry ingredients with light hands till it resembles coarse bread crumbs. Pour milk little by little till all the ingredients bind together to form a hard ball. Avoid adding too much milk if you want to get crisp crackers.
Take out the ball of dough and knead it on a floured surface to make a large circle. It will be difficult to knead the dough as the flax seeds will keep coming out. Press them again in the dough and mend any cracks and breaks in the flattened circle with hands.
Roll it as thin as you can without breaking and cut it into squares or rectangles with a Sharpe knife.
Arrange all the crackers on a greased baking tray and bake at 180°C for 15 minutes or till the crackers are slightly brown at the edges. Just keep in mind that the thinner the crackers are less time it will take to bake and vice versa.
Take out the baking tray and let it cool completely before biting into these addictive Flax seed wholewheat crackers.
Full of nutrients these crackers make a perfect healthy snack on breakfast table and would be a great picnic food as well.
These crackers are easy, healthy and quick to bake, you could even deep fry for a change.
Notes;
- You can deep fry the crackers if you want to avoid baking.
- Use sesame seeds alone if its difficult to find Flax seeds.
- Roast both flax and sesame seeds before using in the recipe to help release nutty aroma and for that extra crunch.
- Black sesame would give more nutritious crackers than the white or de husked variety.
- I used a little less ghee (butter) and my crackers were a little hard or too crisp. Increase the butter/ghee to one more tbsp. for crumbly crackers.
- These crackers stay good for over a week and more if refrigerated.
- Powder the Flax seeds for easy handling of the dough.
You’re right – Crackers as so addicting and these would be no exception! These crackers look perfect and a lot more healthy than storebought. Great pictures and great recipe!
Wow healthy and yummy crackers…nice pics too!
Wholesome crackers and beautiful clicks.
How super crunchy munchy these look! Bookmarked!
A brilliant recipe sanjeeta. I will definitely try this with my newly acquired flax seeds. Hence bookmarking this 🙂
Looks tempting and healthy. Beautiful Clicks.
I love your space for such healthy ideas..those crackers look quite tempting n yummm
Another great way to use flax seeds! LOVE!!
They look great. They would be a good snack to take to work and I bet they keep well. Your photos are beautiful as ever 🙂
I would love to snack on these. So healthy and delicious!!!
this is totally right up my alley. everyday food should be healthy and nutritious yet should not compromise on taste and you are a queen of such recipes. bookmarked.
wow, your own homemade crackers! I’m impressed! Looks so yum and healthy!
That looks so yummy and healthy — perfect tea time snack 🙂
The pics look so very tempting … and very healthy too! Perfect!
Looks great. Love those tempting crackers. Happy to follow you
That’s a great guilt free snack. Would like to try it sometimes,bookmarking 🙂
lovely clicke! they look so good… perfect with my morning cuppa
lovely one, and a healthy one too.., am going to go for this..
I love having homemade crackers, because seriously nothing tastes better than a freshly made cracker. You can’t beat that crunch. These look wonderfully crunchy!
I never cooked with flax seeds and these days I am seeing it so much every where. Would love to bite those with some hot cup of tea.
They look so tasty. I am a huge fan of flaxseeds, they r yumm and so very healthy. Great idea of making craskers out of them. I am sure my husband would call them his new favourites. thx a lot for sharing your recipe! =)
Thats really a healthy snack! Sounds wonderful and loved the clicks 🙂
Another great recipe that I must try. Thanks for sharing Sanjee!
Your crackers are healty and so beautiful! What a great use for flaxseed!
Oh I’ve been waiting for this since you mentioned that you were posting a flax cracker recipe! They look outstanding!
Looks so good! I am definitely making this! I love homemade crackers…
Lovely photos Sanjeeta 🙂
Oh these crackers look so hearty and delicious! I bet they would be fantastic dipped in some hummus:-) Hugs, Terra
Really want to try these out Sanjeeta,healthy option..clicks look too tempting!!
Hi, These biscuits looks so yummy and healthy.I do want to try it. However, is there a possibility of replacing whole wheat with some other flour? Please suggest, if yes.
@Vidhya, you can replace half the quantity with millet or chickpea flour and try the recipe.
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