Crispy Chickpea Flour Crackers (with chia & flaxseed)

Cheesy Chickpea flour crackers in a bowl. The crackers are topped with poppy seeds.

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Crispy Chickpea Flour Crackers (with chia & flaxseed)

These are the best crackers for munching when you need a quick crunchy savory snack that doesn’t leave you feeling icky. Perfect for taking out on hikes or picnics or beat the 3pm snack attack.

Prep Time15

Cook Time35

Total Time50

Course: Snack

Cuisine: snack

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan

Servings: crackers

Calories: 20kcal

Author: Louise-Claire Cayzer

Equipment

1 baking sheet
1 Baking parchment (grease proof paper)

Ingredients

120 g chickpea flour
40 g chia seeds
30 g flax seeds
10 g nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tsp teaspoon smoked paprika or other spice
2 tablespoon olive oil
80 ml water add extra water bit by bit as needed
½ teaspoon sea salt

Metric - American

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180℃/360℉
Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients.
Mix in the water and oil and mix well. Add extra water bit by bit until you have a thick paste/dough.
Turn the cracker mixture out onto the lined baking tray and use a spatula to smooth it out. A little water on the spatula will help.
Make sure the cracker mixture is evenly smoothed out to about 3-4 mm
Sprinkle over any extra seeds or seasonings you like, then score the mixture into squares with a knife.
Place in the oven and bake for 30-35 minutes. If the crackers aren't all the way crispy, you can turn the now stiff crackers over and keep baking until completely crispy
Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
Eat immediately or store in an airtight container.

Notes

Here are some easy swaps and flavor variation ideas you can try with these gluten-free crackers:

Alternative Flours:- replace the chickpea flour/ garbanzo flour with spelt flour or whole meal wheat flour (not gluten free) or buckwheat flour (gluten free)

Seeds- choose other seeds to add, Black sesame seeds, nigella seeds, poppy seeds (as photographed) sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds are all delicious

Flavors - you can get really creative with flavors: try a teaspoon or two of garam masala, Everything but the Bagel Seasoning, chopped olives or sundried tomatoes, za'atar and rosemary are all delicious.

Extra cheesy- For super cheese-y chickpea flour crackers add a sprinkle of vegan cheese to the dough or double the nutritional yeast.

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