Healthy Graham Crackers… perfect for s’mores!
The first time I ever heard of a s’more was during a girl-scout camping trip. The troop leaders handed us each a skewered marshmallow and told us to have at it.
“What? You actually want me to stick the marshmallow into the white-hot flames?”
Yes, yes they did. And it was glorious. I especially loved when the marshmallows would catch fire and burn to a gorgeous black crisp. Of course the burnt mallows didn’t yield the tastiest results, but most of the fun of s’mores is making them.
These homemade & healthy graham crackers are so delicious they almost steal the show from the ooey-gooey filling. Almost. Once you try this homemade version, you’ll never want to go back to Nabisco again.
Have you ever made a s’more? S’mores remind me of cozy, warm campfires and singing silly songs while eating girl scout cookies and burning more marshmallows than we ever actually consumed.
Healthy Graham Crackers
- 1 cup + 2 tbsp white, whole wheat, or oat flour
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp + 1/8 tsp salt
- 2 to 3 tbsp sucanat or regular sugar
- 1/8 tsp uncut stevia OR 2 more tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp pure maple syrup, honey, or agave
- 1/4 cup oil (See link for a lower-fat version. Also, I highly recommend unrefined coconut oil for this recipe, but I think vegetable oil would be fine.)
- 2 tbsp water
Combine dry ingredients. Combine wet in a separate bowl, then mix together. Form a ball with your hands (or, if you don’t want to get your hands dirty, put the mixture in a plastic bag and squish into a ball). Place the ball on a piece of wax paper, then place another sheet on top and use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into very thin (graham-cracker) width. Cut into squares or cookie-cuttered shapes, and place on a cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes, depending on whether you like your graham crackers super-soft or crispy. For vegan marshmallows: Trader Joes and Dandies brands both make vegan marshmallows, or Ricemellow Cream (in the photos) and even Smuckers marshmallow fluff are also vegan.
If desired, top with chocolate or Hot Chocolate Butter.
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For gluten-free version, should I use xanthum gum?
You can use 1/4 tsp.
These graham crackers are awesome!!!…at least the dough is…they are in the oven right now. I also have one suggestion for your gluten-free recipes: Xanthan gum. It literally works magic in ANY gluten-free recipe!!! We find it at the best price at Bob’s Red Mill. I think it is most handy when making a pie crust! Can’t wait to try the crackers( your blog is sooooooo AMAZING!!!)!!!
Made these this morning. I’m from Australia and don’t know what Graham cracker is like, but they turned out well and are very yummy! I subbed some oil for plain 0% chobani, which really brought down the fat content, but had to add a little extra flour because the batter was to moist to use cookie cutters on without it. Thanks for this nice simple, easy recipe!
Cheers, Tina
If I am using this recipe for a graham cracker crust, would I still bake it first for 12-15 minutes or only bake it when baking the pie with filling?
Yum! I made two versions because my hubby is gluten sensitive, so we do eat mostly gf, but since he doesn’t need to be super careful and no one else in the family is as sensitive, we do use gluten sometimes. The first version had brown rice flour as the gf grain. We are also big on whole grain, so most gf-mix flours don’t meet that requirement, which is why we chose brown rice. My only deviation from the recipe was doubling the water on each version. The gf came out good, but did have some minor differences one might expect–more crumbly (as dough & baked), thinner dough (you could just not roll as flat), and not quite as rounded out of a flavor as the wheat. All that said, still very tasty & just fine for a pie crust, which was our end goal.
The whole wheat version was much more like what I’d expect a “homemade graham” to taste/ feel like. These came out a little thicker than I’ll make next time because I overcompensated having seen the brown rice ones come out so thin. They are quite delicious, though. They will make the perfect crust for my daughter’s “Olaf” pie–essentially a s’mores pie. 🙂 Hey, it’s for a Frozen-themed bday party. 😉
Thanks, Katie!
These are okay on their own, but when you add 1-2 tbsp of canned pumpkin and 1/2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice, they get soooo much yummier!
Marshmallows/marshmallow fluff aren’t a fave of mine but I’m guessing any, or most, brands out there aren’t actually vegan unless they say so on the packaging. Refined white sugar is processed with bone char, thus making it definitely non-vegan. I’m thrilled to have found your vegan graham cracker recipe though as I’m looking to make a vegan “cheese”cake and would rather not have a nut and date crust. Thanks for your post Katie!
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Love this idea!
About how many does this make?
Could you sub honey in for the sugar? Would you have to alter any other ingredients if you did? Thanks!