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Graham Crackers, the Original |
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Ingredients
1/2 cup - Butter
1/2 cup - Water
2/3 cup - Brown sugar, firmly packed, preferably "raw"
2-3/4 cups - Graham flour
1/2 tsp - Salt
1/2 tsp - Baking powder
1/8 tsp - Ground cinnamon |
Instructions
Cream butter and sugar well. Mix remaining ingredients and
add to creamed mixture, alternating with ½ cup water. Mix well.
Let stand 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350.
Roll out dough on floured board to 1/8" thickness. Cut in 2" squares or rounds and put on an oiled cookies sheet. Bake for 20 minutes, or
until lightly browned.
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Graham flour was named after Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), a Presbyterian minister from Connecticut who advocated vegetarianism and temperance as part of a dietary reform with odd motivations and goals (read more on him here).
Makes about 3 dozen.
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