Coconut Chia Crackers

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:02 am

Coconut Chia Crackers
(grain free/gluten free, dairy free, soy free, egg free, nut free, paleo)

½ cup Coconut flour
¼ cup Organic Chia seed meal
¼ cup Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
¾ cup Boiled Water
1/8 tsp Sea salt
1/8 tsp Granulated garlic
½ tsp Italian Seasoning

Pre-heat the oven to 375ºF

Using a whisk or fork, mix the dry ingredients in a bowl until well incorporated.
Add the coconut oil into the bowl. Add the hot water a little at a time, stirring as you add it in. (This will melt the coconut oil.)

Mix well with a spoon, stirring and mashing out any lumps that might still exist.

Once you have a uniform dough in a ball, place it on your silpat or unbleached parchment paper-lined tray and roll out. Keep rolling your dough until it is as thin as you can get it without seeing through or tearing it. Feel free to move pieces of dough around and press it in- the dough is forgiving and easy to "cut and paste."

Slice into squares with a pizza cutter.

Bake for approximately 20 minutes depending on your oven. 15 minutes got me a soft bread-like cracker, 20 firm but crisp, and 25 minutes extra crispy and darker.

Makes approximately 49 crackers (at 7 rows x 7 rows)

wonderwoman · Post by **wonderwoman** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:52 am

I am in the process of making the crackers and have all the ingredients mixed together except the water. Are you sure these ingredients are correct? If I add 3/4 cup of water I will have a liquid mixture that will never form a ball to roll out. I will put the dry ingredients with the oil added into the refrigerator until I get an answer from you.

wonderwoman · Post by **wonderwoman** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:09 pm

I did a google search and found the original recipe with comments written below it by people who had tried the recipe and their substitutions. I suggest reading it if you are making substitutions. I didn't have Chia seeds but had Hemp seeds so I used them. And then you must use boiling water as mentioned below. I made a second batch using Flax seeds as mentioned below and then mixed the two recipes together. Then I added the boiling water. When I added the boiling water the dough puffed up and surprisingly made a ball. I had to baked them longer than the recommended time. Maybe they weren't as thin as they should have been. I will get some Chia seeds when I shop and try again without substitutions.

Also, I used my food processor for the whole thing, beginning to end and it worked great.

http://byebyegluten.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... luten.html

AnaFebruary 20, 2012 3:25 PM
Ok, so I tried these and it didn't work for me... I used exactly the same ingredients and amounts your recipe specifies, however my crackers did not hold together. The dough ball looked just like yours, I was able to roll it out just as your pictures show, but when I took them out of the oven it was just a pan full of baked flour... what could it be?
It looked so good in your blog, plus I tasted the dough and it was lovely. Not sure why it didn't work out for me.
Ana

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For the Love of Food!February 22, 2012 6:53 AM
Hi Ana- thanks for letting me know, sorry that happened! I have a few thoughts...
-did you use boiling water?
-did it sit for a bit after you made the dough?
-did you grind the chia seeds or use the seeds whole?
I hope we can figure this out!

AnaFebruary 22, 2012 1:46 PM
Ha, I didn't use boiling water, maybe it was that? I did use ground chia seeds!
I didn't mix the chia with the water and let it sit though... I followed the directions on the recipe"

"mix the dry ingredients in a bowl until well incorporated.
Add the coconut oil into the bowl.
Add the hot water a little at a time, stirring as you add it in. (This will melt the coconut oil.)
Mix well with a spoon, stirring and mashing out any lumps that might still exist. Once you have a uniform dough in a ball, place it on your silpat or unbleached parchment-paper lined tray and roll out."....

So I just did that: dry ingredients, coconut oil, warm water (didn't boil it though).
I will try again with the boiling water then and see what happens. As I said, I tried a bit of the dough and it tasted so good, I really want this to work!! :-)
Thank you so much for the attention and helping me out figure out what was wrong, I appreciate this, and will let you know about my second trial!
Ana

AnonymousFebruary 25, 2012 7:29 AM
Just in case someone else has a similar problem before you report back -- Very hot water accelerates the transformation of chia into a goopy gel, so I suspect boiling water is the key getting the right consistency.

Warm water is enough to melt the coconut oil, but it would probably coat the chia fragments and actually prevent it from gluing the cracker dough together.

For the Love of Food!February 28, 2012 7:45 AM
Thanks Anon- that's exactly what I was going to say :)

Ana- did you try again with the boiling water? I mentioned letting it sit just because it will let it gel and bind a bit more but it happens anyways during the process of making it anyways. I hope that does the trick!

AnonymousSeptember 12, 2012 4:06 PM
Hey there, thank you so much for posting this! Do you think its possible to omit the chai seeds? I am really craving something crunchy, but I can't have any grains, nuts (coconut is fine) or seeds right now. I am really hoping I can make these with omitting it or a substitution?

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For the Love of Food!September 17, 2012 9:18 AM
the chia is what holds it together, so you would need some sort of binder. you can always try egg white or egg replacer, but i haven't tried that myself. hope you find something that works!

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Rebeah TaylorOctober 21, 2012 6:40 PM
Just made these, I swapped the chia for flax cause thats what I had, and they were excellent!!! SOOO good!! I havent had a cracker in so long and not only were these easy but they taste great!! I plan on making a bunch now!! thank you, thank you, thank you for this recipe!

wonderwoman · Post by **wonderwoman** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:04 pm

I was in a hurry when I posted the above. I believe I answered my own questions when I did the google search. The amount of water is right.

JenniferS · Post by **JenniferS** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:10 pm

Can't wait to try some of these great recipes you ladies keep posting! One Q, though--what is Chia seed? And I've heard coconut oil is good for the gut. Is this true?

MBombardier · Post by **MBombardier** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 12:25 am

Glad they worked out for you!

Jennifer, you should be able to find chia seed next to the flax seed at the store. It's got lots of nice nutritional goodies, and can be used as an egg substitute.

My girls and I also like to drink kombucha with juice and chia seeds in it. It has a texture a little like bubble tea, I think.

Coconut oil is good for just about anything, in my opinion. Our brains especially like the medium-chain fatty acids in it. Our gallbladders don't react to it like they do other saturated fats.