Homemade Graham Crackers Recipe
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Make this homemade graham crackers recipe for your family- a perfect afternoon snack, and they taste way better than the boxed kind!
When I was a kid, I used to love snacking on graham crackers. I guess that's not too unusual, right? I used to spread them with peanut butter, and sprinkle raisins on top. SO GOOD with a tall glass of cold milk.
We used to just have the boxed kind in our cupboard, and that's pretty much all I ever had for my kids too, until recently. I had never really thought much about making my own homemade graham crackers from scratch.
But now that I've tried it, I don't think I will ever go back! They were easy and fun to make, and the taste was incredible.
So tender-crisp, with a buttery backnote, and plenty of whole-grain-y texture. The honey and brown sugar flavor really comes through too!
You can make these as plain honey grahams, or add cinnamon sugar! Just stir about 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar together with 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon, and sprinkle over the tops of the graham crackers before they go into the oven.
Just a couple of quick tips, for your best homemade graham cracker baking experience:
- You may notice that this recipe gives a range for the amount of flour. I used the full 1 ¾ cups when I made this batch, but I have a powerful stand mixer that really helps to incorporate all the dry ingredients into this stiff dough. You may be able to get away with less flour. But please keep in mind that the dough should be very stiff. This will make it much easier to roll out and cut into shapes. If it's too sticky, you're likely to have some difficulty. If your mixer isn't powerful enough to get the dough very stiff, try kneading in the last bit of flour with your hands.
- For perfectly thin and even dough, try using rolling pin rings! These things are a godsend. You can choose exactly how thick or thin you want your dough to be, and each and every one will be consistent.
- I used the 2 ½-inch cutter from this set to cut my graham crackers, and the fat end of this kind of skewer to poke the holes.
And PS- these are SO BOMB for s'mores!!
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Homemade Graham Crackers Recipe
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons (147.87 g) unsalted butter,, softened
- ⅓ cup (73.33 g) dark brown sugar
- ⅓ cup (113 g) honey
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups (180 g) graham flour
- ¼ cup (32 g) cornstarch
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 1 ¼ cups (156.25 g) all-purpose flour, (you may need up to to 1 ¾ cups)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line baking sheets with parchment.
- Place the butter and brown sugar in the bowl of an electric stand mixer.*
- Cream together on medium speed until smooth.
- Add the honey, egg, and vanilla extract. Stir together on medium speed until incorporated.
- Add the graham flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt, and mix on low speed until combined.
- Add the flour, about ½ cup at a time, stirring until the dough gathers itself into a ball and pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Between 2 sheets of parchment, roll the dough out to a thickness of about 3/16-inch.
- Use a 2 ½-inch square cookie cutter to cut shapes, and transfer to the prepared baking sheets.
- Use the end of a bamboo skewer to make holes (this will keep air bubbles from forming under the graham crackers as they bake.)
- Bake for 14 to 18 minutes, or until golden.**
I LOVE making my own grahams!
Such a great recipe, and they are so much better than any store bought version out there!
Homemade Graham crackers are SO good! Cannot wait to try your recipe!
I adore these pictures! And how cute are these graham crackers?? LOVE!!
Can you use just whole wheat flour? Our store doesn’t carry the graham flour.
Hi Heather! I'm afraid I have never tried making graham crackers with anything other than graham flour. If you decide to try the recipe with another kind of flour, I'd love it if you could loop back and let us all know how that works out! Thanks so much and good luck!
Looking nice,very nice post, i certainly love this website, keep on it.
Thank you!
Hi,
Can you replace graham flour with oatmeal flour?
Thank you!
I'm afraid I have not tried that, but I do think it's worth a go! Let me know how it works out for you. Thanks!
My husband and I are chocoholics. I plan to try the honey grahams but how can I adjust the recipe for chocolate grahams. We use these for our Smores. Delicious!
Hi June! I actually have a recipe for chocolate graham crackers on another post. You can find that here: https://bakingamoment.com/dark-chocolate-graham-crackers/. Hope that's helpful! Good luck and enjoy!
Do you know how much Graham flour costs? $8 for a small bag!! so not making this,
That is definitely not what I paid but if you don't want to make it you certainly don't have to!
Where do you get your flour? Amazon comes up with a lot of gluten free flour but the graham seems very expensive
Hey Dorothy! It typically does cost a bit more than all-purpose flour. I usually pick it up at my regular grocery store. It's usually either in the baking section or the gluten-free foods section. Good luck!
I LOVE homemade graham crackers, and it has been way too long since I made them!
So good, right? I think I need to bake up another batch!