How to make a graham cracker

To me these are extremely delicious. Maybe they aren't that amazing but they are really good and very easy, and if fat doesn't worry you they are really a nutritious snack. What it takes: 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour (for a really crunchy cracker) or

1 3/4 cup whole wheat and 1/2 cup white flour ( for a more nabisscoey experience)

1/3 cup brown sugar 1 t baking powder 1/2 t baking soda 1/2 t salt 1/4 t cinnamon 5 T honey 1/4 cup water 1 t vanilla 1/2 cup butter- melted How we do it: Heart oven to 350 degrees. Mix the dry ingredients all together. Then add the liquid ingredients. (A quick tip- don't measure the honey. You will just get the spoon all sticky. Just do 5 nice tablespoon size piles onto your flour mixture :) Stir this all well until a ball forms. Put dough onto a greased bar pan and spread with a greased rolling pin or your hands to cover the pan. Cut into 2 inch squares and and prick with a fork if you wish. Now place them in the oven and bake for 18 minutes at 350*. Turn the oven off after 18 minutes and leave crackers in the oven for another 20-40 minutes. This allows them to have a nice crunchy, crumbly, flakiness. Store them in an airtight container.

Let me tell you there isn't to much yummier than these with a homemade marshmallow warmed in the microwave for about 10 seconds!!! So yummy.

So enjoy them however you wish, with milk, hot chocolate or marshmallows. Just be sure to enjoy them. Blessings,

~Anna

The Making of a Marshmallow

Here is how I make marshmallows. It takes: 3 Packages or Tbsp unflavored gelatin 1 cup ice cold water 1 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup light corn syrup 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 cup powdered sugar 1/4 tsp cornstarch Nonstick spray To create the marshmallows: 1. Place the gelatin in your mixer bowl along with 1/2 of the ice water. 2. In a small sauce pan combine the remaining 1/2 cup of water, the white sugar and the corn syrup and whisk together. Cover and place on medium/high heat and allow to cook like that for 3-4 minutes. Uncover and stir until syrup boils at a full rolling boil, approximately 8 minutes. Remove from heat . 3. Turn the mixer on low speed and stir the gelatin, slowly add the sugar syrup into the gelatin mixing constantly until thoroughly blended. Once all of it has been added turn the mixer to high speed and allow to mix for about 15 minutes. Until it is lukewarm and very thick. Add the vanilla during this last minute of whipping. (It will be okay if you forget the vanilla, I know because I did this last time, but it is better having it in.) 4. While the mixture is whipping prepare a 9x13 pan by spraying it thoroughly with a non stick spray. 5.Mix the powdered sugar and the cornstarch together and sprinkle across the greased pan. (save any extra powder as you will need it later) 6. When the mix is lukewarm immediately pour it into prepared pan. Spread evenly with a greased spatula. Sprinkle the top with more powder.

7. Allow the marshmallows to sit uncovered for at least 4 hours, or overnight even.

8. Turn the marshmallows out onto a cutting board and cut into 1 inch squares with a greased pizza cutter dusted with powder mix. Once cut, dust all sides of each marshmallow with the remaining powder mix.

Store in an airtight container for up to three weeks.

These take about 35 minutes of prep time and 4+hours of waiting time.

The recipe makes about 1 1/2 pounds of marshmallows.

This is where I found this recipe.

The fine photos for this post were done by none other than Keren Ruth!

I hope you try this and have lots of fun doing it.

Enjoy!

~Anna