This is a recipe that I’ve seen in several places, but I don’t know where it first came from.  It’s a nice afternoon snack, and is gluten free.  It’s also quick to put together if you already have cooked rice on hand.

Brown Rice Crackers 

• 1 1/2 c. brown rice flour
• 2/3 c. cooked brown rice
• 1 T. flax seeds (optional)
• 1/4 t. sea salt
• 1/4 c. oil (I used olive oil)
• 1/3 – 1/2 c. water

Mix all the ingredients until combined, adding the water last a little at a time until the dough holds together.  Roll or pat out thinly onto a baking sheet.  Score into 1.5″ pieces.   Bake at 375 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes, or until golden brown.

We tried it a couple of days ago for the first time, and everyone was generally happy with it.  My inspiration for making it was having a couple of cups of brown rice left over, and I thought it’d be more fun to make crackers than to have to remember to use it for something else!  We made four times the recipe, but the recipe as written yields 3 dozen crackers.

Something I’d suggest being careful of is to be sure that your brown rice flour is fresh.  Usually I’d grind it fresh myself, but I happened to have purchased some rice flour when our grinder was being repaired a couple of months ago.  So I used that, but I think it must have been slightly rancid, because the kids commented on a slight bitter flavor at the end of chewing.  It didn’t stop them from enjoying them, but I’d want to avoid that next time. 

Also, I added sesame seeds to it – the flax seeds had been misplaced so I thought I’d use sesame seeds instead, and as I was adding the sesame, someone found the flax seeds.  So I used both. 🙂

Avivah