Chocolate Graham Crackers

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour (3 3/4 oz)
• 1/2 cup dutch process cocoa (1 1/2 oz)
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar (5 oz)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick or 4 oz)
• 2 tablespoons honey (1 1/2 oz)
• 2 tablespoons milk, cold (1 oz)

Recipe

• 1 preheat your oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 cut out two sheets of parchment as large as your cookie sheets.
• 3 in a medium sized bowl, whisk together the flours, salt, cocoa, sugar, and baking powder.
• 4 with a pastry blender, two knives, or your fingertips, cut the butter into the flour mixture until evenly crumbly.
• 5 in a separate bowl, combine the honey and milk, stirring until the honey dissolves.
• 6 add the liquid to the dry ingredients and toss lightly with a fork until the dough comes together. add additional milk, if necessary.
• 7 turn the dough out onto a well floured surface and fold it over gently 10 to 12 times, until smooth.
• 8 divide the dough in half. work with half the dough at a time, keeping the remaining dough covered.
• 9 transfer one piece of dough to a piece of parchment. roll it into a rectangle a bit larger than 10 x 14 inches; the dough will be about 1/16 inch thick.
• 10 trim the edges and prick the dough evenly with a dough docker or fork. repeat with the remaining dough and parchment.
• 11 place the rolled-out dough pieces, on their parchment, onto baking sheets.
• 12 bake the crackers for 15 minutes, or until you begin to smell chocolate.
• 13 remove them from the oven, and immediately cut them into rectangles with a pizza wheel or knife.
• 14 transfer them to a rack to cool. store the cooled crackers tightly wrapped.
• 15 yield: 32 - 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inch crackers.