Stop it right now I am SO EXCITED about these! It has been my mission to find amazing snack recipes to eliminate many of the processed snacks we buy not only for health reasons, but also to cut down our grocery bill and this recipe did not disappoint on any level so I am here to share! Let's get to it.

Ingredients:

2 cups flour

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp salt

7 tbsp room temp butter

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup sourdough discard (subs listed below)

2 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup maple syrup

Instructions:

Add your brown sugar and room temp butter to your mixer and combine

Add your sourdough discard, vanilla and maple syrup

Lastly, add your flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda

Once your dough is mixed together(might be crumbly that's ok) now you can use your hands! Split your dough in two, form discs and cover with plastic wrap. Set in your fridge for 30 minutes or up to one day if you're not ready to bake yet! I often whip together to dough quickly and then come back to baking later!

Once you're ready to bake, roll as thin as you'd like and slice into your preferred shape. I rotate between different cutters, but a pizza cutter works perfectly and is the quickest

Place your crackers on a parchment paper lined pan and bake at 350 for 11-14 minutes depending how crunchy you like them! My boys prefer them to be on the softer side so 11 minutes is perfect. It also depends how thick or thin you roll them! So just mess around with it and find your preferred ratio! You can't mess them up. If they get too crunchy, just dip in milk or crush up and eat as cereal! They are devine however they go down!

Place on cooling rack once done and then all that's left is to

ENJOY!!

The most exciting part is how much my kids love these!! I have not found another cracker recipe that was so well received!! Super happy mama! <3

UPDATE: This recipe is so loved I've turned it into animal crackers and teddy grahams as well! Same exact recipe and instructions, just get yourself some fun cracker/cookie cutters from Amazon and your kids won't know any different! They will just be stoked to have so many yummy snack options! This might be a mom-hack I don't know...let me know how it goes over in your house! :)

Bake the small crackers for 8 minutes on 350!

Substitute options if you do not have sourdough discard:

Plain greek yogurt- Use slightly less than amount needed for sourdough because yogurt is thicker

Buttermilk- Replace sourdough with equal amount of buttermilk