Gluten-free Graham Crackers

i spent my entire morning in the kitchen today....i neglected my much needed shower and completely ignored the dirtiness moving and sweeping across my house...room to room.....all was forsaken, for the kitchen.... i get up every morning around 6, give or take (actually rarely is it take) a few minutes...i pray myself out of bed (God please help me up...some mornings it's a louder plea than others) and get everyone's lunches packed and breakfasts made....bella is out the door by 7:20 and i drive isaac to school an hour later (i have two kids in two different schools, isaac is waiting for a spot to open at our Montessori school that bella currently goes to, i am excited at the thought of having them both there!!) after i drop him off, i have only one little 4 year old who wants my attention....so while i wait for food to come out of the oven, we play board games....

today i did my routine after which i began with soaking some cashew, looking at the garbanzo beans that had been soaking for almost 24 hours.and hoisting some chevre cheese to drain the whey, and checking out some recipes online to get an idea of what else i should do for baking today.

this is what my morning produced a raw lemon cream cheesecake (tdf!), hummus (with and without jalapenos), and i decided to bake another cheesecake with my fresh chevre tomorrow....so i needed to make some gluten free graham crackers today....

short story...we went camping a few times with just our children this summer and decided to have some smores.....since gluten is not very nice to isaac or myself, often the rest of the family just gets gluten free options too (i have begun to not trust anything that comes in a box and is found in a grocery store)....i found some gluten free graham crackers at my local health food store and thought i scored.....YUK! seriously? it was just like cardboard....gluten free prepackaged really doesn't work out, in my humble opinion.....so when i came across this recipe in my favorite book.. it's from the classics versions (i couldn't be a bigger erin mckenna fan!!!). this recipe is hers. if you don't do bean flours, an alternative to bob's is a 2c brown rice, 3/4c potato starch, 1/3 c arrowroot premix works sufficiantly well....it is also completely stolen from erin's book, as well....i have used both and they both work well.... the bob's is a slightly more soft graham cracker

Gluten Free Graham Crackers
preheat oven to 325

1c sugar (i use coconut crystals, but succanat works great)
3T of ground cinnamon
1 1/2c  of rice flour
1 1/2c of bob's red mill
2t ground ginger
1t xanthan gum
1t salt
-mix dry ingredients-

-add the next two ingredients and mix with a rubber spatula-
3/4c melted coconut oil or canola oil
1/4c of agave
1T vanilla extract

-slowly add the cold water-
1/2c cold water

when batter is sticky cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes


rolling out the batter is the tricky part....i know there's the whole dust with brown rice and dust on the rolling pin....but it has never worked for me....i use two parchment papers and roll out that way with a touch of brown rice flour on each side....

mix 1/2c of sweetener with 1/2T of cinnamon and sprinkle on top...i also use a fork to create that waffle look....cut out the shapes you want before you stick them in the oven

bake for 15 minutes

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