One of my favourite supermarket treats can be easily copied at home! Your cheese and crackers get fancy with these delicious gourmet crackers.
I am so delighted to finally share with you this copycat recipe of one of my favourite store bought treats. Last year when I shared my cheeseballs with you I had a few ask me if I also had a recipe for the gourmet crackers I had in the pictures.
I tried a few recipes and the one from Trader Joes has been the most successful for me so I have changed a few things to make it more suitable to a NZ audience and I think the outcome is fabulous if I do say so myself.
These crackers are twice cooked, once into a loaf shape, then sliced thinly to become the crisp golden gourmet crackers that I love. They are also really versatile. Once you have the basic recipe down the additions you make in the way of herbs dried fruits and nuts can vary.
In this platter above are 4 special recipes including these gourmet crackers, find the rest linked below
Salmon Cheeseball
Dill Pickle Cheeseball
Seeded Crackers
The ingredients I have used today include apricots, cashews and rosemary as the main flavours, but you can use cranberries, almonds, seeds, cumin as just a few examples of the changes.
To bake these you can use a loaf pan as I have done, mini loaf pans or even small round mason jars that are well greased. I kept it super simple and made larger slices as you can see above. If you are using something else adjust the cooking times accordingly.
Here is a snapshot of the ingredients this recipe uses
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Milk
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Brown Sugar
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Sour Cream
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Plain White Flour
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Wholemeal Flour
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Dried Fruit (Apricot or Cranberries)
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Baking Soda
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Rolled Oats
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Sunflower Seeds
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Nuts – cashews, slivered almonds, macadamias etc
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Turmeric
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Cinnamon
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Nutmeg
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Rosemary, dried
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Salt & Pepper
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How to make this recipe for Gourmet Crackers is lovely and easy, you just need some time and patience! As I mentioned above the recipe is twice baked.
First you make the loaf to make a lovely thick batter. Then you place this in a small narrow loaf pan. There are many methods for the shape of the loaf, some even use small jars to make round crackers.
I find using a loaf tin is the easiest, the pan I use here is 21 x 11 x 7 cm so check if you have one this size.
Once it has baked and cooled on the rack you want to freeze it for a few hours. The reason for this is to make slicing it much easier. The slices are to be nice and thin, I felt comfortable making mine 3-4 mm, using a serrated knife making straight cuts.
Then bake on a low temperature in the oven turning once until golden brown and crisp. If stored well they will last up to 4 weeks in an airtight container.
I hope you love this lovely recipe for Gourmet Crackers
Gourmet Crackers
Delicious Copycat Gourmet Crackers recipe, just like the store bought treat but much cheaper and just as tasty.
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Milk, 250 mls
- 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar, packed, 50 grams
- 1/4 cup Sour Cream, 60mls
- 1/2 Cup Plain White Flour, 75 grams
- 1/2 Cup Wholemeal Flour, 75 grams
- 1/2 Cup Dried Apricots finely diced or Cranberries, 65 grams
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 Cup Rolled Oats, 42 grams
- 1/4 Cup Sunflower Seeds, 40 grams
- 1/4 Cup Nuts, eg Cashews, slivered almonds, macadamias, 30 grams
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric Powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon Powder
- 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon Rosemary (dried) or Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- Pinch of Pepper
Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 180 C Bake
- Grease a loaf tin (dimensions 21 x 11 x 7cm) well with baking spray or melted butter (or mini loaf tins - adjust cooking time)
- In a medium bowl combine the milk, brown sugar and sour cream and whisk well
- In a large bowl add the plain flour, wholemeal flour, baking soda, apricots (or other dried fruit) and stir well
- Add to this the rolled oats, sunflower seeds, nuts, turmeric, cinnamon, nutmeg, rosemary, salt & pepper and fold these ingredients through
- Finally add the milk mixture and fold through carefully until no lumps of flour remains but do not overmix it.
- This makes a lovely thick batter, spoon this into the greased loaf tin and shake to even it out
- Bake the loaf for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean and allow to stand for 5 minutes in the tin
- Remove from the tin and place on a wire rack and cool to room temperature
- Then wrap well in plastic wrap and freeze for 1-2 hours until firm - this makes slicing easier. (Can freeze for up to 3 months if needed)
- Remove from the freezer and let it sit for 20 minutes to allow the outside to slightly soften
- Preheat the Oven to 135 C, setting the oven to multi fan or fan forced, whatever your ovens setting is for multiple trays
- Prepare two oven trays with baking paper and set aside, I like to use a little water or cooking spray to help the paper to stick to the tray.
- Then using a large serrated knife, slice thin pieces of the loaf, around 3 mm as you can see I have done in the images above. Ensure you slice straight down carefully to ensure even thickness in your slices, slicing back and forth gently.
- Place the slices of the loaf on the prepared trays, with a small space between each one as they will not spread
- Bake for approx 35 minutes, turning the crackers over once during cooking and swap over the trays and bake until golden brown careful that the fruit does not start to burn
- Remove from the oven once golden and crisp
- Leave on the trays to cool completely
- Store in an airtight container if stored well will keep up to 4 weeks,
- Enjoy!
Notes
I have used finely diced apricots, cashews and rosemary for my gourmet crackers.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 70Total Fat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 149mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 1gSugar: 4gProtein: 2g
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Happy Baking
Anna
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Janine says
These are very delicious, make sure you have a sharp knife or they look very rustic. I just kept cooking them for longer until crisp if they were bigger. You really could add anything to the basic ingredients.
justamumnz says
Yes a good serated knife needed for sure.
Sally Scott says
Hi. What vegetarian option can I use instead of the cream? Thank you.
justamumnz says
If you are looking for a dairy free or vegan alternative to sour cream you could try a dairy free green yoghurt or dairy free sour cream.