My DD found a new pack of cookie cutters from the kitchen cupboards and wanted to make some cut out cookies. I found this one from allrecipes.
I cut the recipe in half and modified a bit. (how on earth do you divide a whipped egg into two?)
I used the whole egg and used some vanila for flavor, omitted the hot water. I also added about 1/4 cup of sprouted multigrain flour (sathu maavu - courtesy of my MIL). Since I don't like to cook with honey(I like to eat it raw), I used maple syrup. And thereby, I got to rename the cookies as 'Maple butter crackers'. :)
The cookies were wonderful. We loved them!! They tasted very much like the organic animal crackers we buy. DD couldn't keep her hands off these. It was very easy to roll out the dough. No chilling required.
Wholewheat flour - 2 cups
Sprouted multi grain flour - 1/4 cup (you can use any other flour or wholewheat flour here)
Baking powder - 1 tsp
Fine sea salt - 1/4 tsp
Butter - 1/2 cup (Straight from the refrigerator - Do not bring it to room temp.) I've subbed chilled coconut oil as well with good results.
Maple syrup - 1/2 cup
Egg - 1, beaten
Vanilla syrup - 2 tsp
Preheat the oven to 350 F.
In a mixing bowl, mix together the wholewheat flour, sprouted multigrain flour, seasalt and baking powder. Cut the butter into small cubes and mix it the flour until the butter lumps look like small peas. You can do it with your hands or with the pastry blender of your standmixer.
Whip the maple syrup with the egg and vanilla syrup separately in another bowl. Add the flour mixture to this and mix until the dough forms a ball.
Roll out the dough to 1/4 thickness. Cut into desired shapes with a cookie cutter or just make squares. Place these on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 10-15 mins or until the edges are lightly brown.
Cool these on a wire rack and store in a airtight container.
Update: I've tried these crackers with increasing the sprouted multigrain flour (aka sathu maavu) could be increased upto 1/3rd the amount of flour used. Still works great! and tastes great!
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Thanks Kay..Will try this today with some modifications.Regards
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Hey, Nice blog.... can u share d SATHU MAAVU recipe, if u can so..... thanx in advance.
lavs, sathu maavu - well, we took equal measures of ragi, kambu, brown rice, wheat, garbanzo beans (both white and brown), dried peas, kollu, almonds, cowpeas/thattapayar, green gram, moth/naripayar, etc and sprouted them just a tiny bit - sundried them and got them ground into a fine flour. The beans ended up more than grains this time, it is better (tastewise) to keep the amount of grains and beans equal or the grains a tiny bit more than the beans. We are planning to keep the beans:grains in equal ratio the next time around.
We also added soaked and dried barley and cashews... I don't remember everything exactly - it doesn't have to be all or nothing.
The only things I wanted to AVOID in this multigrain sprout mix were soybeans/corn (the big one called makkacholam)/sorghum (cholam)and red kidney beans. I don't believe in soy. corn is good for you only if it is organic and nixtamalized (soaked in pickling lime solution). I couldn't get this done so we left this out. And cholam/sorghum and red kidney beans should not be sprouted as they both become toxic when sprouted.
You can also add other grains like quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat, rye etc sprouted and sundried.
Some people add a piece of sukku/dried ginger to this mixture while being ground, for better digestion. DD hates the taste of it so we left it out. I don't like the taste either.
Those crackers are calling to me Kay. Good for M to have found those cookie cutter did you say unopened ?
hahaa! yeah, unopened. I have a decent collection of cookie cutters and this was a recent find. It went into one of the cupboards and we forgot about it. Until she found it again and 'made' me bake the crackers.
Try it, Indo. You'll love it. Super easy too.
Kay, I *have* to try this crackers - your sathu maavu reminds me of a jar full of some similar powder my left for me... no idea what all she added to it, I think 'pottu kadalai' is one of them but am not sure... I used to stir a tablespoon or so of this maavu into soups and such.
I love your recipes - it so aligns with my personal preference for nutrition.
Thanks Sheela... IT's mutual.... I hang out at your blog more often than I comment - because I like your food philosophy as well.
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