Easy Flaxseed Crackers

Flaxseed crackers are a fave! I love this snack because of how easy it is to make, how healthy it is and how much it satisfies the crunch I missed so much. Load up these crackers with whatever filling you want and enjoy a guilt-free snack!

Easy Flaxseed Crackers

I was on the hunt for a cracker recipe that was easy to whip up and relatively bland so the tuna or whatever topping or dip I was having with it would be the hero flavor and not the cracker itself.

I’ve done this recipe a couple of times now and I have some tricks to share that will help you to get the best keto flaxseed cracker to include in your diet.

Firstly, you’ll want to season your dough. It could be a two ingredient cracker easily with just flaxseed meal and water but then you’d be chomping down on something that tastes a bit like what I imagine cardboard would taste like.

Add some salt at the very least but do play around with the flavors. Throw in some onion powder, some powdered parmesan cheese, some cumin and paprika, whatever spices you want to play around with.

This recipe is seriously your playground. Make it your own to find your favorite type of cracker just as there are so many different flavors of chips. I also add chia seeds to my mix as I am always looking for ways to incorporate this superfood into my diet. This article explains the differences between flaxseeds and chia seeds.

Working with the dough

This is what your dough will look like. It’s just 1 cup of flaxseed meal, 2 tablespoons chia seeds, whatever seasonings you want to add and about a 1/2 cup of water.

It gets very firm and can be difficult to spread thin. I’ve done very very very thin and I’ve done relatively thin. I will stick to very very very thin because it still manages to hold up when dipping or adding my tuna to it. The thicker layer, while still nice and crunchy, still ended up reminding me of biting into cardboard.

The thinner you can get the dough, the better. This is my thin cracker with some tuna on top.

I broke up my batter into rustic pieces instead of perfect cracker shapes. Here’s that batch. It was perfect.

Here’s my perfectly scored batch that was a little thicker. This was still devoured but I have stuck with thinner crackers ever since.

How to Get Thin Crunchy Flaxseed Crackers

When you dump out your batter onto your parchment lined baking sheet, you’ll want to wet your hand and karate chop your dough out to the thinnest you can get it.

The dough isn’t very pliable so I find this method works best. Wet hands will help to smooth the dough out and it will take a bit of work but it’s so worth it.

I’ve never tried a rolling pin, maybe that would work too. I would sprinkle a bit of water over the dough, cover it with a second sheet of parchment and then attempt to roll it out if I were using this method.

This was the thicker batter. Use a knife to make marks in your dough before baking if you want to be able to break them up into pretty squares after.