saltine crackers with butter
Components:
- Two cups of all-purpose flour
- One tsp baking powder
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- Half a cup of chilled, unsalted butter, divided into little pieces
- half a cup of cold water
- Finely ground salt for drizzling
Guidelines:
1. Get ready:
- Warm up the oven:
- Turn the oven on to 375°F, or 190°C.
- Using parchment paper, line two baking pans.
- Mix Dry Ingredients: Put the flour, baking powder, and salt into a sizable mixing basin.
2. Creating the Dough:
- Add the butter and stir.
- Combine the dry ingredients with the chilled butter pieces.
- To make the butter into coarse crumbs, cut it into the flour
- mixture using a pastry cutter or your fingertips.
Incorporate Water: - Add the cold water little by little and stir until the dough comes together.
- A little additional water can be added if the dough is too dry. one-tspful at the time.
- Knead the Dough: Place the dough on a lightly floured surface and work it gently for two to three minutes, or until it is smooth.
3. Baking & Shaping: Spread the Dough:
- Split the dough in half.
- On a surface dusted with flour, roll out each half to a thickness of approximately 1/8 inch.
- Cut the Crackers: Cut the dough into 2-inch squares using a pizza cutter or a sharp knife.
- Arrange the squares, slightly apart, on the baking sheets that have been prepared.
- Prick and Sprinkle: Use a fork to prick each cracker numerous times.
Lightly dust the crackers’ tops with coarse salt. - Bake the Crackers: Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the edges are golden brown, in a preheated oven.
- Chill and Present:
Take out the Take the crackers out of the oven and let them a few minutes to cool on the baking sheets.
After moving the crackers to a wire rack, allow them to cool fully.