100% Whole Wheat Sourdough Animal Crackers

You and your kids will love these 100% whole wheat sourdough animal crackers. They are a delicious, filling, and nutritious snack.

I love learning to make snacks from scratch. It allows me to modify recipes to include more whole grains and healthier sugars and fats. That is what this whole wheat animal cracker recipe is full of.

I enjoy using our cracker cutters to make them into fun animal shapes with my kids. It makes a great alternative for graham crackers, teddy grahams, or other animal cracker snacks.

Ingredients

• 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
• 50 g brown sugar
• 50 g honey
• 100 g sourdough discard
• 300 g whole wheat flour (freshly ground is best)
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 65 g milk (1/4 cup)

How to Make 100% Whole Wheat Sourdough Animal Crackers.

Begin by melting the butter on the stove or in the microwave. Add the sugar, honey, and milk. Mix until dissolved.

Whisk together the flour and baking soda and add it and the sour dough starter to the butter mixture.

Begin mixing with a spoon, then when the dough gets too thick switch to kneading with your hands.

Once the dough is fully mixed, shape it into a ball and cover it to let the dough rest.

Let the dough sit covered on the counter for at least 2 hours but up to 8. Then let it chill in the refrigerator for an additional 2 hours or up to 3 days.

When you are ready to cut the dough, split the ball in 2 and roll out half at a time into a 1/8 in. thin square.

Use a pizza or cracker cutter to cut the dough in your desired shapes.

Use a spatula to scoop and move the crackers to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Bake in a 350° F oven for 10-12 minutes or until they begin to brown around the edges.

100% Whole Wheat Sourdough Animal Crackers

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

resting time 4 hours hrs

Course Snack

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• 1 stick butter 1/2 cup
• 50 g brown sugar
• 50 g honey
• 100 g sourdough discard
• 300 g whole wheat flour freshly ground is best
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 65 g milk 1/4 cup

Instructions

 

• Begin by melting the butter on the stove or in the microwave. Add the sugar, honey, and milk. Mix until dissolved.
• Whisk together the flour and baking soda and add it and the sour dough starter to the butter mixture.
• Begin mixing with a spoon, then when the dough gets too thick switch to kneading with your hands.
• Once the dough is fully mixed, shape it into a ball and cover it to let the dough rest.
• Let the dough sit covered on the counter for at least 2 hours but up to 8. Then let it chill in the refrigerator for an additional 2 hours or up to 3 days.
• When you are ready to cut the dough, split the ball in 2 and roll out half at a time into a 1/8 in. thin square.
• Use a pizza or cracker cutter to cut the dough in your desired shapes.
• Use a spatula to scoop and move the crackers to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Bake in a 350° F oven for 10-12 minutes or until they begin to brown around the edges.

Keyword crackers, from scratch, snack, sourdough, whole grain