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| The
Original Graham Crackers |
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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). The recipe presented here was unearthed
by North.
Makes about 3 dozen.
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