What ingredients do I need to make seed crackers?
- Ground flaxseed – ground flaxseed mixed with water creates a gelatinous/binder for the other wonderful seeds in this recipe. Often times, in vegan recipes you’ll see a ‘flax egg’ created where the flaxseed/water combination is used in place of an egg. Ground flaxseed can be found in the baking aisle with other alternative flours (like almond flour/etc.)
- Pumpkin seeds – also known as pepitas. You could use regular unsalted or lightly salted pepitas for this.
- Sunflower seeds – sunflower seeds are so delicious – they add a beautiful almost nutty flavor to these seed crackers. You could use unsalted or lightly salted sunflower seeds for this recipe.
- Sesame seeds – you could use white or black sesame seeds.
- Garlic salt – this is the flavoring in these crackers. You could opt to use regular salt, but I like them best with garlic salt.
The first thing you do when starting to make these 5 ingredient seed crackers (gluten free) is combine all of the ingredients and let them sit for 5-10 minutes. This helps the mixture thicken.
When you’re making the cracker dough, it seems almost wet, too wet, but the flaxseeds turn almost gelatinous when combined with water so that is completely normal. You’ll want to be sure you spread the mixture evenly on the pan or some parts will bake and others won’t.
These crackers crisp up amazingly when baked. If you want them really crispy, you can always bake them until they’re extra brown (they harden as they bake).
When they’re done baking, you can break them into as big or small of crackers as you’d like!
I love these seed crackers by themselves, but Nick says that, with hummus, they are next level delicious and I couldn’t agree more.
If you don’t eat all of your crackers in one sitting, they store in an airtight bag for a week or two. Next time you’re looking for a healthy homemade gluten free nut free snack, I’d highly recommend these seed crackers!
5 Ingredient Seed Crackers Recipe (Gluten-Free)
Ingredients
- 6 Tbs. ground flaxseed
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup sunflower seeds
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 1 tsp. garlic salt
- 3/4 cup water
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients and let sit for 5-10 minutes until thickened (flaxseeds and water create an almost gelatinous mixture.)
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spread mixture into a flat surface on the parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 50 minutes, rotating halfway through.
- Allow to cool and then break into smaller pieces.
Linda H says
I made these and they turned out great but I’m not a fan of sesame. Is there a different seed that could replace the sesame seeds? I actually doubled the recipe so maybe I should not have doubled the sesame seeds instead adding more pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Being on keto they are so perfect for me!!
Sweetphi says
I’m so glad you loved these!! Substitutes for sesame seeds: Poppy Seeds, Flax Seeds, Sunflower Seeds Kernels, Hemp Seeds, Chopped Peanuts and, Pumpkin Seeds.
Ellyse says
Hi! What would you use if you don’t have parchment paper? Oiled pan? Thanks!
Sweetphi says
Oiled pan is a great idea – or a silicone baking mat if you have one of those (you just don’t want it to stick)
Nancy Truszynski says
I haven’t tried these yet, but I have a comment about the printing of your recipes. I like the color band at the top of the recipe, but it seems to mess up the printing. I would rather have a recipe on 1 page, but the wide band screws it upmost of the time and goes to a second page, even for 1 line. If you could decrease the size, I think the printed recipe would fit on 1 page…just a thought.
Sweetphi says
Thanks so much for the feedback Nancy. Unfortunately there’s nothing I can do about the printing feature (that’s how it comes programmed with the recipe card). I’ll talk to a programmer to see if there’s a way I can edit it one day. Thank you so much for sharing.