Have you ever been at a point in your life when you feel a creeping urgency to do stuff?
Important stuff. Fun stuff.
I’m not dead yet stuff.
I’m not getting any younger stuff.
Life Crisis stuff.
I need to stop watching Fall TV and get off my butt stuff.
Eric and I came to this conclusion the other night. We had an amazing conversation about life, goals, and making sure our days are meaningful.
Then we each made lists. Bucket lists. A bucket list is sort of like a to-do list, but much more fun. I’ve made a Fitness Bucket List before too. Some of these things below I’m already working on, but putting them on paper makes them more mindful, real, and exciting. The list is also a great motivator to get off the couch at night and do something other than watch TV!
Write it down. Dream big. Allow yourself to write “crazy” ideas. Some of mine include:
- Learn how to horseback ride. Maybe even do a jump. Don’t die.
- Learn to play the piano. Play at upscale restaurants complete with sparkly evening gown. <—don’t ask.
- Create elaborate Halloween costumes complete with professional make-up.
- Be a fashionista, or at least learn how to dress myself like a grown up instead of leaving the mall with a bottle of nail polish, a necklace, and another bra.
- Write books. Cookbooks. Life books. Picture books. <—working on it
- Manage anxiety better. <—working on it
- Be a peaceful animal rights activist <—working on it
- Take professional photography courses
- Rescue dog from shelter
- Stuff a piñata full of homemade vegan candies and beat the crap out of it with friends. Stuff face.
- Start my own charity
- Make the best vegan brownies of my life. <—Did it
- Live in different parts of the world & travel
- Weight train consistently <—working on it
- Sign up for Toastmasters. Charm and dazzle. Pretend I’m George Clooney.
- Make favourite cracker recipe. Repeat as necessary.
Did it.
I’ve attempted to make crackers on a regular basis, but it never stuck. I realized if I’m ever going to make my own crackers regularly, they had to satisfy the following:
- Healthy ingredients I’d feel good about eating on a regular basis
- Low in added fat
- DELICIOUS
- Quick and easy to throw together
Jackpot.
You might be thinking, how can rolling dough be quick and easy?
I know, I know, no one wants to roll out dough. Even when I see recipes that require rolling, I usually pass them by. Rolling out dough can be scary even for practiced bakers. But this dough is honestly so easy to roll out.
It’s not sticky, rippy, or annoying in any way. Trust me, I would complain bitterly if it was.
In minutes you have crackers ready to go into the oven.
The only work you have to do after that is trying not to burn your tongue when they come out of the oven!
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Easy Vegan & Gluten-Free Crackers
Yield
approx. 35 [1.5”] crackers
Prep time
Cook time
Chill time
10
Total time
Easy, delicious, easy to roll, and endlessly customizable. Doubling the batch is recommended! Inspired by Clean, Green, Simple.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup brown rice flour*
- 1/2 cup whole almonds*, ground into flour (or use 3/4 cup almond flour)
- 2 tbsp ground flax
- 1 tbsp nutritional yeast
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp dried rosemary
- scant 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 tbsp sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 tsp olive oil
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment. In a high-speed blender or processor, grind almonds into a flour. Do not over process or almonds will release oils. Sift flour before using to remove larger pieces. OR you can use store-bought almond flour.
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and mix well with spoon. Knead dough with hands until it comes together. Shape into a ball.
- Place ball of dough on parchment paper or a non-stick mat. Roll out dough until it’s about 1/8th inch thick, or as thin as you can get it without ripping. With a pastry wheel or pizza slicer, slice into crackers.
- Bake at 350°F for 18-20 minutes until slightly golden in colour. I baked mine about 18 mins. and next time I will bake them for a couple mins. longer to get them crisper.
- Cool on baking sheet for 10 mins. Store in air-tight container once fully cool.
Tip:
* Other flours might work in substitution for brown rice flour and almond flour, although keep in mind the flavour will change.
I finally feel like I’ve found “the one”. I’ll be seeing these again real soon, and next time, doubling the batch.
We enjoyed some with almond butter.
Mmm.
Best brownies of my life, you’re next.
What’s on your bucket list?
OMG! Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for in a gluten free cracker. Have to roll them a little flatter and bake longer (tried 21 mins, but will go up to 25 mins), but the flavor was excellent. Do you have any other flavoring ideas? Thanks!
My 4 year old daughter LOVED these! I made them with garbanzo bean flour and they turned out amazing! Thank you!
mmmm…the best crackers ever!! I changed the recipe a bit to suit what I had on hand and they came out so delicious. It was so simple and I thank you for the idea. Now on to carmelize some chickpeas…:)
These are super duper yummy!!! Next time I think I’d add a little more water so the dough will crack less at the edges when rolling them out, but man oh man are they tasty!! So much flavour and flaky crunch! Thank you!!
These crackers are the bomb, and could not be easier! I did all the dry stuff in the food processor, and then just squished the wet stuff in with my hands, no parchment paper either, just a little oil on the pan. They are so tasty! Thank you!
I am making these right now and the 1/4 c water + 1/2 tsp oil isn’t enough to make the dough come together. Are these correct amounts or is there a typo?
Thanks!
Hi Rachel, yes that’s what I used – you can try adding a bit of water to make the dough come together. hope this helps!
I ended up doubling the water to 1/2 c and used 1 T oil and they turned out great. For seasoning, I used 1/2 t garlic salt & 1 1/2 t Mrs. Dash, original. So savory! I also subbed all-purpose gluten-free flour for the almond flour, so that’s probably why I had to add more moisture. Thanks!
Oh good Im so glad they turned out! Thanks for letting me know.
I had to change some of the ingredients due to what was in my pantry. I prayed, and Hooray they turned out delicious!!! My first gluten free baked project :) I used 1/4 cup sourgham flour, 1/8 cup teff flour, and 1/8 cup tapioca flour, 1.5 Tbsp black sesame seeds, 1 Tbsp sunflower seeds, 1/4 tsp onion powder, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp herbes de provence, and used chia seeds unground instead of flax seeds. Otherwise followed recipe. Thank you.
I place the dough between two sheets of parchment paper and it is even easier to roll out thin. I then place the bottom sheet of paper with the crackers on them to a cookie sheet to bake. Everything goes quickly and is fairly mess free.
Have you tried this with any other nut meals?
Good crackers! I substituted garlic salt with onion powder and added fresh ground black pepper. And instead of rolling out one large ball (didn’t work for me) I rolled small balls and then placed them directly on the cookie sheet and then placed a small square of oiled parchment paper on top of each ball (one at a time) and then pressed the base of a glass on top to flatten each ball – I ended up with nice round, very thin crackers! My son loves them with sweet peach and pepper relish on top! I think 20 minutes is about right – 18 leaves the crackers a bit “uncrunchy”….
I tried the gluten free vegan crackers today, They taste delicious, but I had to eat them with a spoon out of a bowl ! Why did mine crumble apart? did I not knead them long enough? I’d love to have real crackers from this.
Thanks
Judy
OH no! I just re-read the recipe, I know what I did wrong – I should have had my glasses on to read! I used a 1/2 CUP of oil! (please don’t laugh) I’ll have to try again! – so embarrassing
Aw I’m so sorry to hear that Judy!!
Do you think I could cut these into cute shapes for my toddler? I want to try them today :)
Okay, I made these this evening and they are amazing!! Thank you SO much for sharing this recipe~ I can finally feel good about feeding my son crackers :)
I’m wondering what flours I could use in place of almond. I have one daughter that’s gf and another that’s nf. Trying to find a “make one for all” is extremely difficult in our house.
Made these with LSA and fresh herbs because I had them, and coconut oil because I didn’t have olive oil… must make a double batch tomorrow because they will be gone by then!
Thanks for the recipe!
am new to gluten free and miss crunchy. have tried acouple cracker recipes that were not bad, but still searching and tweaking…like the snap of brown rice so bought some flour just today and was googling forarecipe to try! thanks much!
Hi Angela, I found your blog on Pinterest when looking at this recipe, I wonder if you know the nutritional values, just the basics protein, carbs, fat? I so want to make these they look delicious!!
Thanks Karren
Tried these yesterday with one of your hummas recipes….AAA-MAZING!!!!
Thank you so much for sharing! I am new into the clean eating world and your website has made it so easy! Thank you so much for sharing!
I got tired of trying to find a low salt, low added oil gluten free cracker to go with my happy herbivore meal plan but OH! here they are! I made a batch today and they are just lovely! I am looking forward to enjoying them with my soups and all week long. Thank you so much for this!