Cooking and Serving: 30 minutes | 60 crackers
Ingredients
How to make gluten free ritz crackers | Ingredient Substitutions | Gluten free flour: As usual, I highly recommend Better Batter gluten free
Description
Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 10 minutes | Total Time: 30 minutes | Servings: 60 crackers
Ingredients
How to make gluten free ritz crackers
Ingredient Substitutions
Recipe Tips
Gluten free flour: As usual, I highly recommend Better Batter gluten free
Salt: Brightens the flavor in and on top of these simple crackers.
Sugar: Just a touch of granulated sugar gives them that familiar packaged
Smoked paprika: Adds color, and a smoky depth of flavor to these crackers.
Butter: Cold grated butter helps the crackers rise in the oven. Melted butter
Oil: Helps the crackers stay fresh and adds richness. Any neutral-tasting oil
Grate the 4 tablespoons of cold butter on a standard size box grater right
Add a tablespoon of neutral oil, and 1/4 cup of cold water, and mix to
Add more water until the dough comes together in clumps.
Press the raw cracker dough into a small disk.
Wrap it tightly in plastic wrap.
Refrigerate the wrapped dough for about 20 minutes or until firm but not
Unwrap the chilled cracker dough and place on a flat surface. I’m using a
Sprinkle the dough lightly with more gluten free flour.
Roll the dough out with a rolling pin until it’s about 1/8-inch thick,
Cut out 1 3/4-inch rounds with a round cookie cutter with scalloped edges for
Place the rounds on a lined baking sheet, and use a toothpick to poke about 5
Bake at 375°F for about 10 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
As soon as the crackers come out of the oven, brush the tops generously with
Sprinkle the tops with extra kosher salt.
Let cool completely on the baking sheet.
Store in a tightly sealed glass container at room temperature for about 5
Standard box grater
1 Rolling Pin
1 1.75 inch scalloped round cookie cutter or a simple round cutter in about
1 cup (140 g) all purpose gluten free flour blend
⅝ teaspoon xanthan gum, omit if your blend already contains it
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon sugar
½ teaspoon smoked Spanish paprika
¼ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for sprinkling
4 tablespoons (56 g) unsalted butter, chilled
1 tablespoon (14 g) vegetable oil
¼ cup (2 fluid ounces) cold water, with ice, (ice does not count in the
2 tablespoons (28 g) unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, place the flour, xanthan gum, baking powder, sugar, paprika.
and salt, and whisk to combine well.
Using a standard size grater, grate the cold butter into the large bowl of.
separated. Toss to coat the butter in the dry ingredients.
Add the vegetable oil, and about 1/4 cup of the ice water, and stir to.
Add more water the dry ingredients with the water back of the mixing spoon. Stop adding water as soon as the dough comes.
Press the dough into a disk, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and place in the.
refrigerator to chill for about 20 minutes or until firm.
Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and place on a lightly floured.
Sprinkle lightly with more flour on both sides of the dough and roll out.
sprinkling with extra flour as necessary to keep it from sticking.
Using a scalloped-edge 1 3/4-inch round cookie cutter, cut out shapes.
Place the shapes about 1-inch apart from one another on the prepared baking.
Gather and reroll the scraps to cut out crackers until you’ve used up the.
Place the baking sheets, one at a time, in the center of the preheated oven.
and bake until the crackers are just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.
Remove from the oven, brush the crackers with the melted butter and sprinkle.
Allow to cool on the baking sheet. They will crisp as they cool.
The crackers can be stored in a sealed glass container at room temperature.
and should maintain their texture for at least 5 days.
Notes
Adapted from Gluten Free Nabisco Ritz Crackers, Original recipe on page 188 of
Gluten Free Classic Snacks . Lead photo from Classic Snacks.
Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 54mg | Potassium: 2mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 0.1g |
Vitamin A: 104IU | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.04mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an
Three stacks of Ritz crackers and stacks fallen over, facing forward
stacks of Ritz crackers and stacks fallen over, facing forward
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