Almond Meal Crackers

What you’ll need:

(per batch)

• 2 cups almond meal
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon olive oil (plus a little extra for your hands)
• any combination of herbs, nutritional yeast, sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives…the list is endless
• salt and pepper

How to do it:

Preheat your oven to 375(ish).  

In a small bowl, whisk together egg and oil until well combined.  

In a medium bowl, combine your almond meal with your herbs/ingredients of choice.

Combine the two bowls until well mixed.  

Roll your dough into a ball and place on a parchment lined sheet pan.  If you can figure out a way to successfully use a rolling pin, have at it.  Mine stuck like crazy.  And I had ZERO patience to troubleshoot.  Otherwise, coat your hands in oil, and start patting!  Get your dough as thin as you’re able (shoot for 1/8″, but don’t sweat it if it’s not quite there or uneven).  If you like to be neat and tidy, score your crackers with a pizza cutter or knife.  Since I didn’t take the time to roll them into perfectly flat sheets, I didn’t bother scoring them.  Instead I threw them in the oven as is.  Once they were golden brown (15-20 minutes), I pulled them out and broke them up into pieces.  

My combinations were as follows:

These are NOT exact measurements.  Feel free to add more or less, depending on your taste.

[Herbed] 1 tbsp thyme, 1 tbsp basil, 1 tbsp oregano, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, pinch cayenne, pinch of salt and pepper.

[Dill] 2(ish) tbsp dill, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, pinch of salt and pepper.

[Cheez-it] 3 tbsp nutritional yeast, salt and pepper.

[Cheezy Herb] 2 tbsp nutritional yeast, 1 tbsp thyme, 1 tbsp basil, 1 tbsp oregano, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, pinch cayenne, pinch of salt and pepper.

I topped all with a little himalayan salt before tossing them in the oven.  Give them an extra boost of whatever herby flavor you desire by throwing some of that on top as well.

I managed to NOT eat them all as they came out of the oven, but it took more self control than I’m comfortable exercising.

I ran out of almond meal after these four batches, but I fully intend on getting more experimental with my ingredients (like the above sundried tomatoes, kalamata olives, capers — those kind of delicious bits).

Let me know which combinations tickled your pickle!