Graham Crackers!!!

We bake nearly every day. It's one of our favorite things to do together. Carson loves to help with mixing and it's such a great opportunity for teaching in the moment: counting, measuring, temperature. Plus if he makes it, he's more likely to eat it. When we bake Livie is usually asleep but today it was during her wake time. So she helped. And when I say helped I mean she looked adorable and cooed.

Today we made homemade graham crackers and they are amazing! The house smells delicious!

Here's the recipe:
http://weelicious.com/2010/09/01/graham-crackers/#

1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
1/2 Cup Dark Brown Sugar, packed
1/2 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Cinnamon
1 Tsp Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Butter, chilled & cubed
1/4 Cup Honey
1/4 Cup Water

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a food processor or mixer combine the first 6 ingredients.
3. Add cubed and chilled butter to the mix and pulse/mix until it resembles coarse meal.
4. Add honey and water and continue to mix until it all combines.
5. Remove and shape the dough into a flat disk and place between two pieces of parchment paper.
6. Roll dough out until 1/4 inch thick. Cut into crackers or shapes.*
7. Place cookies on a Silpat or parchment lined baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

We made ours a little over 1/4 inch so it was more cookie-ish than crackery.