Honey Grahams Recipe

+ These are slightly sweet crackers with a wonderful wheaty flavor.

The crystalline turbinado sugar gives them a unique crunchiness.

Perfect in a lunch bag or as an after-school snack, they are best next to a tall glass of cold milk.

to 25 minutes Preheat the oven to 375~F.

Mix together the flours, sugar, salt, baking powder, and cinnamon in a large bowl or in the food processor.

Cut the butter into these dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.

Dissolve the honey in the warm water.

Add this honey-water mixture to the flour mixture and blend to form a dough that will hold together in a cohesive ball.

Divide the dough into 2 equal portions for rolling.

On a floured surface or pastry cloth, roll the dough out to about 3/16 inch thick.

With a sharp knife, cut into 2- by 3-inch rectangles.

Prick each one all the way though in 3 or 4 places with the tines of a fork.

Place the crackers on a lightly greased or parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.

Turn and bake an additional 10 to 15 minutes, or until light brown.

Cool on a rack.

Yield: 35-40.

VARIATIONS: Put thin slices of banana or other fruit on top of some of the rectangles or dough pieces left over from cutting.

They may take an extra 4 to 5 minutes to bake.

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