Swedish Hardtack - Grandma Forss' Recipe
This makes a very simple, slightly sweet hardtack.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 5 1⁄2cups course rye flour
- 1
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons salt
- 1 1⁄2teaspoons baking soda
- 2⁄3cup sugar
- 1⁄2
- 2cups buttermilk (can make your own with low or full fat milk and 2 Tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice)
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DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees, Combine all dry ingredients in large mixing bowl. A Kitchenaid works best.
- Alternate adding the melted butter and the buttermilk to the dry ingredients until dough is very sticky and tacky but quite firm. It won't pull away from the bowl like a bread dough would.
- Generously flour work surface with whole wheat or rye flour. Use a regular rolling pin to roll out a sheet large enough to cut out (6) 5" rounds at a time. I make mine 5" round with a 1 inch hole in center. I like them thin, less than 1/8 thickness. After cutting out rounds, roll over them with your deep-notched hardtack rolling pin. If you do not have one feel free to prick rounds with a fork to prevent bubbling.
- Back in a 425 deg. oven for 8 to 12 minutes depending on thickness.
- After all are baked, turn the oven down to its lowest setting (150-170) and bake for an additional hour to make crackers extra crispy.
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