Senior Care Tips La Costa CA
When it comes to a day of senior care, you can never underestimate the power of snacking. Recommended by many doctors and nutritionists as a far superior alternative to eating three big meals in the day, grazing on mini-meals every few hours keeps your blood sugar stable, prevents major cravings, and helps you maintain your energy without tempting you to overindulge.
This recipe gives you a fresh, delicious buttery cracker taste without all of the extra ingredients and preservatives of the store bought kind. Making them takes a little bit of time, but the result is fabulous flavor without the guilt and worry about unhealthy ingredients. Bake up a batch of them with your elderly loved ones so they can enjoy following the recipe with you, and then store them in an air tight container so that they can share them with their senior health care services provider during the day.
These crackers are delicious on their own, served with dip or jam, or on the side of a bowl of soup. Get creative with the shapes for personalized crackers you can modify for any event, season, or holiday.
What You’ll Need
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup cold water
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Coarse sea salt
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- Food processor or mixing bowl and pastry cutter
- Plastic wrap
- Rolling pin
- Wire cooling rack
- Pastry brush
- Toothpick
- Cookie cutters or small, sharp knife
What to Do
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
- Put flour, sugar, baking powder, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in the food processor
- Pulse to combine
- Add the cold butter
- Pulse until the butter breaks down to create a coarse texture. Make sure that the butter is very cold before this step
- Add the vegetable oil and pulse to combine
- Turn the food processor onto low speed and gradually drizzle the cold water in through the feed tube
- Continue to process just until the ball comes together to form a ball
- Remove the dough from the food processor and wrap tightly in plastic wrap
- Allow the dough to rest for 10 minutes
- Lightly flour a flat surface such as a counter or table
- Roll out the dough as thin as possible, approximately the thickness of a crepe
- Use the cookie cutters or small, sharp knife to cut the dough into the desired shape. Re-roll any scrapes until all dough has been used
- Line the baking sheets with parchment paper
- Transfer the crackers onto the sheets
- Use the toothpick to poke a series of holes into the crackers to ensure a flat, crispy finish
- Bake 10 minutes or until nicely golden brown
- Use the pastry brush to coat each finished cracker with melted butter
- Sprinkle with the coarse salt immediately to ensure it sticks
- Transfer the crackers to the wire cooling rack to cool completely. The wire rack will ensure proper air circulation so the crackers are crisp.
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