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Did you know that you can make crackers at home…delicious homemade healthy crackers that are better for you than store-bought ones and totally not hard to make?!
Our homemade crackers are crisp and crunchy, the perfect cracker to have on hand at home when you need a crunch. If you have never made your own crackers, I understand it might be a little intimidating. Our healthy cracker recipe is simple!
Trust me on this one, you can easily make homemade crackers at home. I love being able to grab healthy food right out of my kitchen. This simple cracker recipe is a great place to start.
Did I mention that our recipe is gluten free and dairy free? Be sure to check the ingredients closely on the dried herbs in this recipe, as they aren’t always gluten free.
Our cracker recipe reminds me of the Simple Mills almond flour crackers–so delicious. Although, I have to admit, I love our homemade cracker recipe over the Simple Mills crackers any day.
Where’s the Recipe?
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We write our recipes so all of our readers can be successful. In each recipe, you’ll find detailed instructions, helpful tips and tricks, healthy eating plan point information, as well as nutritional values for each recipe.
If you are ready for a more simplified version of the recipe, simply scroll down to the bottom of the page where you’ll find our easy to print Healthy Cracker Recipe.
Ingredients in Healthy Cracker Recipe
- Olive oil: We love using olive oil as one of our main healthy oils.
- Water: The water will help form the dough ball.
- Arrowroot powder: Arrowroot is a type of starch that can be used in place of cornflour. It’s naturally gluten free, and often used in baking.
- Almond meal: Almond meal is typically made from the entire almond, however almond flour is made from peeled almonds. For our healthy crackers, you want to use almond meal, not almond flour. Our crackers are not nut free.
- Tapioca flour: Tapioca is a starch from the tubers of a cassava plant.
- Salt: Salt helps to bring out the other delicious flavors in these crackers.
- Garlic powder: Although you could use fresh garlic, we recommend using garlic powder in our crackers so the garlic flavor is evenly distributed in all crackers. Remember, if you are making this recipe gluten free, be sure to make sure the garlic powder is also free of gluten.
- Italian seasoning: Italian seasoning is one of our favorite herbs. It’s so versatile and can be used in so many more recipes.
- Oregano: Typically there is oregano in Italian seasoning, but we like to add even more, to really give it the fresh herb taste.
How to make Healthy Cracker Recipe in the Oven
- Preheat the oven to 325º.
- In the microwave, heat: ½ cup olive oil & ½ cup water for 20 seconds.
- Prepare your parchment lined baking sheet by cutting two sheets of parchment paper slightly larger than baking sheet (a large 12×17 rectangular pan is the perfect size for a nice batch of thin and crispy crackers).
- Using a mixer or food processor, blend in the following into the water and olive oil mixture: arrowroot powder, almond meal, tapioca flour, salt, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and dried oregano, (If the cracker dough is runny, add additional arrowroot and almond meal until dough is thin, yet not runny).
- Lightly spray the piece of parchment paper with olive oil. Place dough ball on a piece of parchment paper. Lightly spray other sheet and place on top of dough. Use a rolling pin to roll dough to size of baking sheet. (I roll it out on the counter first as my rolling pin is longer than my pan).
- Lift both sheets of parchment paper and move to baking sheet. Using a wine bottle, roll out any areas that need it to fit the pan.
- Remove the top piece of parchment paper and tap down any areas that overflow the pan. Using a pizza wheel cutter, or a sharp knife score the dough into cracker size pieces.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes until a slight golden brown. Remove from the oven. Cool on pan. Break apart and store in an airtight container.
Recipe Tips
- Make sure you roll the dough of the homemade crackers about 1/16″ thickness. This will help the crackers bake evenly.
- When baking, check the crackers often after 15 minutes. These crackers can brown quickly. I’d recommend starting at 15 minutes and then checking, adding 2-3 minutes at a time if your crackers need more.
- You can cut the crackers rather than scoring them! I use a pizza cutter.
- We all know that baking anything over frying is the more healthy option. Frying these would probably work but it’s not very healthy and certainly doesn’t make them a good option for Weight Watchers or other weight loss plans.
- These healthy homemade crackers are delicious and baking them is the best way to get them cooked and crispy.
- These crackers stay crunchy for a couple of days. Most store-bought crackers include preservatives that help them stay crunchy longer. Our recipe with simple ingredients are made fresh, without additional preservatives.
- Store homemade crackers in an air tight container for up to five days. The earlier you eat them, the crunchier they’ll be.
Healthy Eating Plan Points
Weight Watchers
The recipe serves 8 and that makes the 2023 points 7 per serving. If you’re still following a previous plan, our homemade crackers are 7 Blue Points | 7 Green Points | 7 Purple Points.
The number of homemade crackers per serving will depend how thinly you roll the dough and how big / small you cut the crackers.
I calculated this information on the Weight Watchers website via the recipe creator. If you make changes or modifications, even small ones, you’ll need to recalculate this information for yourself to be sure you are tracking correctly.
21 Day Fix/Portion Fix Container Counts:
For entire healthy recipe: 24 tsp, 2 blue containers, and 4 yellow containers.
For one serving (recipe makes 8 servings): 3 tsp, 1/4 blue container, 1/2 yellow container per serving.
More Healthy Snack Recipes
- Weight Watchers Buffalo Chicken Dip
- Post Workout Snack Recipes
- Weight Watchers Buffalo Chicken
- 21 Day Fix Snacks
Healthy Cracker Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup arrowroot powder
- ½ cup almond meal
- ½ cup tapioca flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
Instructions
- In the microwave, heat: ½ cup olive oil & ½ cup water for 20 seconds 1/2 cup olive oil, 1/2 cup water
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Cut two sheets of parchment paper – slightly larger than baking sheet (a large 12×17 rectangular pan is the perfect size for a nice batch of thin and crispy crackers).
- Using a mixer, blend in the following into the water and olive oil mixture: ½ cup arrowroot, ½ cup almond meal, ½ cup tapioca flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 TBSP Italian seasoning, 1 TBSP dried oregano, (If dough is runny, add additional arrowroot and almond meal until dough is thin, yet not runny). ½ cup arrowroot powder, ½ cup almond meal, ½ cup tapioca flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tbsp Italian seasoning, 1 tbsp dried oregano
- Lightly spray the parchment paper with olive oil. Place dough ball on parchment paper. Lightly spray other sheet and place on top of dough. Use a rolling pin to roll dough to size of baking sheet. (I roll it out on the counter first as my rolling pin is longer than my pan).
- Lift both sheets of parchment paper and move to baking sheet. Using a wine bottle, roll out any areas that need it to fit the pan.
- Remove top sheet of parchment paper and tap down any areas that overflow the pan. Using a pizza cutter, score the dough into cracker size pieces.
- Bake 20 to 25 minutes until a slight golden brown. Cool on pan. Beak apart and store in an airtight container.
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Wow! These are delicious! Super easy to make too! Thanks for the recipe Becca! 😊