Every so often, I’ll go through a phase where I want to subsist on nothing but my favorite vegan cheese and crackers. This week has brought on one of those phases. I love a plain sea salt cracker that can stand on its own in terms of flavor, but also does not compete with whatever I am dipping into. That’s where these homemade whole wheat crackers come in. One day a few weeks ago when I was really crawling up my house’s walls, I was desperate for cheese and crackers but not quite desperate enough to brave the grocery store. Using what I already had in my cabinets, these crackers were the solution.

Sometimes I am able to tell myself that the world will go back to normal soon. I can get up and I can shower and function like a relatively normal human. Then there are these weeks. The weeks where waking up feels more of a chore than anything else and there is not enough caffein in the world. I think to myself, maybe you can go out for a little while– you are crawling the walls, but then it rains and rains and rains so I stay stuck inside.
These, my friends, are the crackers and cheese weeks.

WHY MAKE YOUR OWN WHOLE WHEAT CRACKERS?

1. They store really well. You’re probably thinking, but Mel, if you are feeling down and out this week how on EARTH do you have the energy to make your own crackers?
   
   Honestly? I don’t. But I had the energy to make them a week ago! When stored in an airtight container, these whole wheat crackers will keep for up to two weeks. Make them know for when you don’t want to make them later.
2. They require minimal ingredients. These crackers only use four basic ingredients: flour, salt, water, and olive oil. I do a mix of white whole wheat and all-purpose flour, but you can use all of one or the other if you prefer.

3. Biscuits (Premium Packaging)

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5. They are easily customizable. If you want to get crazy and jazz up the flavors, you can add any other seasonings you like. Personally, I prefer my crackers plain so they do not compete with any cheese I’m eating (this line of soft cheese has been my most recent favorite.) But you do you.
6. They go with everything. You know the joke about how soup isn’t a meal unless you crumble some crackers into it? Try these crackers with one of my other recipes: