Kathleen Anninos Cape Cod Comman Crackers
- Ready In:
- 74hrs
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Yields:
-
5 1/2 dozen
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons yeast
- 1 cup warm water
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup bread flour
- 1 1⁄4 cups bread flour
- 6 tablespoons lard
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon instant potato flakes
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups bread flour
directions
- Making the starter: Whisk 1st 6 ingredients together into a batter and store for 2 days. It will rise, go down and then separate.
- Making the cracker dough: Knead enough flour into 1 cup of starter dough to make a firm ball of dough. Cover and let rise 1 hour.
- In another bowl, mix the lard, salt, potato flakes, brown sugar and baking soda
- Mix in lemon juice and 3 tablespoons water.
- Knead this liquid into dough using paddle attachment of mixer.
- Add more flour changing to dough hook as dough stiffens.
- After 5 minutes you should have a stiff smooth ball of dough.
- Rolling out dough: Cut the dough into 1/4s.
- One at time, roll dough into a rectangle 3/8-inch thick.
- Starting at one end, put through pasta roller.
- Fold in thirds like a business letter.
- Give a quarter turn and roll again.
- Repeat the process 6 times. going down to position # 6 on machine.
- Use as little flour as possible.
- The final dough should be 1/4 inch thick.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Cut 1 1/2 inch rounds.
- Press tines of table fork through the rounds in 2 places.
- Arrange on parchment paper.
- Bake 8 minutes until the crackers have risen and are light golden brown.
- Lower the temperature to 200 degrees and then let the crackers dry out in oven for 2 hours.
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