How to make it

  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • Mix flour, guar gum and baking powder together.
  • Cut in shortening until mixture has a consistency of coarse meal.
  • Add liquid and stir to form a dough.
  • Roll into a very thin sheet.
  • Cut into circles or squares and place on an un-greased cookie sheet.
  • Prick with a fork 4-5 times and sprinkle with seasonings if using.
  • Bake 6-7 minutes, turning once halfway through.

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  • little_kisses 8 years ago
    Great recipe, but I would like to suggest that you replace the shortening in this recipe with a healthier fat like butter, coconut oil, olive oil, or one of the many healthy fats that there are out there. Maybe try some of the heathly fats with your recipe and see which one works the best; then switch the healthy fat for the bad shortening so you have a healthier recipe. Hope this helps make your recipe better thanks.
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  • jo_jo_ba 9 years ago
    Bunny - you need a mixture of flour, starch and gum for these to hold together. If you can find it, most pre-made GF flour mixes are fine
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  • bunnyo38 9 years ago
    will the cracker still turn out if i only have rice flour to use??
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    " It was excellent "
    organic_mom22 ate it and said...
    Great! It is helpful for morning sickness. :)
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  • donna28 13 years ago
    would love to make these crackers, which flour mix should i use, thanks
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  • lexielulurock 14 years ago
    Thank you we just found out that our two year old has a gluten allergy and were strugling so much with the economy.You are our savior, and a great cook.

    Lexielulurock
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  • strutter85 14 years ago
    can you make this with just soy flour or do you have to use gf blend?
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  • mis_ie_mae 15 years ago
    thank you so much i am allergic to gluten and i have been dying to eat crackers that taste like crackers and not herbal crackers cause they just taste awful
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  • jo_jo_ba 15 years ago
    You can break them up after baking, I find it easier to roll it between wax paper sheets and cut it with a pizza wheel if I'm looking for "perfect" squares.
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  • hviola 15 years ago
    Do they have to be cut out before hand, or could they be rolled, baked, then broken up? I always find it difficult to roll gf dough out very thin without it sticking or breaking.
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  • jo_jo_ba 15 years ago
    They will spread a bit more... decrease the water by about 1-2 tbsp and it should be okay.
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  • keshat 15 years ago
    I don't have shortening on hand. Can I use butter?
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  • jo_jo_ba 15 years ago
    I don't know about you, but I consume a fair amount of soy in my diet and I haven't suffered any ill effects thus far. I figure it's a lot better to focus on the overall nutrition than fad scare tactics by various groups. Eggs, fat, calories, milk, meat and soy are all healthy in their own right - it's overconsumption that is the problem in our diet.
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  • catlover684 15 years ago
    Hey jo_jo_ba, did you know that soy products are unhealthy in the U.S.?Yeah, weird, i know. They are only healthy if they are the REAL DEAL from China. THe U.S.made something more healthy into something unhealthy and is selling it as MORE healthy than others. It is just like when the Indians smoked it wasn't unhealthy but when the U.S. started to smoke we added all of these extra ingredients so that it is bad and now TONS of people die from it every day.
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  • jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
    I'm sure soy milk would work well since it doesn't seem to need the fat in milk, I regularly cook with fatfree soy milk. I've never bought a GF flour mix simply because it's too expenseive for me to, but if you try it let me know!
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  • jo_jo_ba 16 years ago
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories: 93.2
    Total Fat: 4.1 g
    Cholesterol: 2.2 mg
    Sodium: 1.1 mg
    Total Carbs: 12.8 g
    Dietary Fiber: 0.4 g
    Protein: 1.0 g
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  • jeninoregon 16 years ago
    Have you tried them with a milk substitute? Soy milk or Rice milk? I cook Gluten free Casein free for my son and a cracker recipe would be great! Also, have you made them with a purchased GF flour mix? I prefer to use a purchased GF mix as opposed to mixing my own. Thanks.
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  • vee 16 years ago
    Gotta say thanks for this recipe. My poor gluten-allergic mom is climbing the walls trying to adapt to wheat-free dining and she really missed crackers. I made these and she ate them with cheddar cheese and fresh concord grapes and pronounced them "not saltines, but very good." They are easy to make, too.
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