Homemade Cornbread Crackers
Homemade Cornbread Crackers are everything you want in a snack cracker. They're crunchy, crispy, and loaded with wonderful corn flavor.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 167kcal
Equipment
- food processor optional
- high speed blender optional, for making homemade cornmeal
Ingredients
- 1 cup cornmeal
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour plus additional for rolling
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 5 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ⅛ teaspoon smoked paprika
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 6 tablespoons cold butter cut into six pieces
- ¼ cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Add the cornmeal, all-purpose flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, smoked paprika, and cayenne red pepper to a food processor and pulse a few times to mix.
- Add the cold butter (cut into chunks) to the food processor and pulse until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Add the buttermilk to the food processor and process until the mixture comes together into a shaggy ball.
- Turn the cornmeal dough out onto a lightly floured counter and knead by hand until the mixture comes together into a soft dough. Divide the dough in half and flatten each half into a rectangle approximately 1" in depth. Wrap each dough rectangle with plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes before proceeding.*Note - at this point you can freeze the dough for up to three months if desired.
- Preheat oven to 375-degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius).
- Once the dough has chilled for 30 minutes, lightly flour the surface for rolling and roll each dough portion out to roughly ¼" thickness. Use a pizza wheel, paring knife, or cutters to cut crackers from the dough.
- Lay the crackers out onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes in a preheated oven. Remove the crackers from the oven, flip each cracker and then return them to the oven to bake for an additional 3-4 minutes.
- Cool on a cooling rack and serve once completely cooled.
Notes
The unbaked dough may be frozen for up to 3 months. Wrap well in several layers of plastic wrap and date before freezing.
Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Roll and bake as instructed.
1 serving = approximately 10 small 1" square crackers
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 167kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 113mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 243IU | Vitamin C: 0.02mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
