100% Whole wheat Cheese Crackers


My daughter LOVES gold fish.  LOVES THEM.  So does my husband.  He has them everyday in his lunch.  No joke.  I was fine about it until the Walmart decided that it was okay to not sell the whole grain version on them!  Well, I am a whole grain/whole wheat kind of person-its just healthier, and if I can make it, and it taste the same if not better, than I would much rather give my daughter that. 

So started my quest for whole wheat cheese crackers, with real cheese, not the powdered kind.  I searched and searched, and I found a promising recipe, but it was not whole wheat.  I found some whole wheat recipes, but they were not 100% whole wheat.  Argh.  The search continued until a light bulb went on yesterday- "I wonder if Heavenlyhomemakers.com has a recipe?"  What do you know-they did.  I had kind of stayed away from her website for awhile because I was mad that the graham cracker recipe did not work (I think I am going to give it a go again, and not make any substitutions-turns out you need a little bit of fat for crackers to flake and turn out right, who knew?), and I have not been entirely thrilled with the bagel recipe I tried, I am still searching and have a few more promising recipes to try.

Anywho, I found a recipe, so  I gave it a try, and guess what?  They are WONDERFUL!  They taste kind of like cheese-its.  You can find the recipe here: Whole Wheat cheese crackers. 2 recommendations I have: I would half the salt next time, and add a dash of paprika.  I am not sure what the calorie count is.  I may make them with low-fat chedder next time. We shall see.  If they could just sell it here... Hmmm, that might be an issue!  But, I am so excited that they turned out!  My daughter loves them.  I love them.  My husband loved them (although, I don't think anything will get him away from his gold fish).  It was a complete success! 

*Stay tuned for a 100% whole wheat cracker recipe that I will post tomorrow(they taste like a combo between ritz and wheat thins, yum!).

P.S.  Why do recipe books that say whole grain, or whole wheat baking on them include all-purpose flour in them?  So far I have only found one, and that book is too involved.  I am still on the search.  Let me know if you find one!  I just want to have recipes that have whole wheat in them!  I don't want to substitute whole wheat flour, and then have them not turn out right. 
P.S.S.  My ice cream maker is WONDERFUL!  I made cookies and cream ice cream yesterday and my husband loved it!  It is a little high in calories, so I am on the search for low calorie versions.  There is a recipe in there that uses pudding as the flavor base and is only 53 calories for 1/2 cup, so I am going to try that, and then let you know how it does!  I love it though!

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