Graham Crackers

Originally found at inthelifeofachild.com

1/3 cup shortening or margarine

3/4 cup brown sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

2/3 Cup Bean Flour

1/3 cup Sorghum Flour,

1 cup Tapioca Flour1 cup Cornstarch

1 Tsp Baking Powder

(3 cups Pamela’s Ultimate Pancake and Baking Mix may be substituted for the previous 5 ingredients if you do not need these to be casein-free. Pamela’s Ultimate Pancake and Baking Mix contains buttermilk)

1 tsp xanthan gum

2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp. ginger

1/4 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup rice milk

3-4 Tbsp Cornstarch for rolling

1/3 cup granulated sugar for sprinkling
Preheat oven to 350 Degrees.
Cream together shortening or margerine with brown sugar and vanilla in a large bowl.
Mix in spices, salt and xanthan gum.
Add Pamela’s Mix (or substitute flour mixture) one cup at a time, blending in well with a fork or pastry cutter until all 3 cups have been incorporated.
Add rice milk (may substitute water, soy milk, etc.) a little at a time. You may not need the entire 1/2 cup. Add just enough to make a cookie dough consistency (will be quite sticky) .
Separate dough into tennis-ball size portions, flatten, wrap in wax paper and chill 2-3 hours until firm.
Working with one section of dough at a time, roll out on cornstarch dusted surface to a thickness of 1/8 inch. Cut with 3- 1/4 inch size fluted round cutter and transfer to silpat or parchment lined baking sheet with cornstarch dusted pancake turner or spatula. (You can use a cookie sheet sprayed lightly with cooking spray, but they do cook more evenly on the silpat or parchment when you are going for a crisper cracker.) I place 8 cookies per sheet.
Prick each cookie 4-6 times with a fork and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes at 350 degrees or untill edges have lightly browned. the longer they bake, the crisper the cracker and they do harden some as they cool. You may have to experiment a little to find your preference in baking time. (We like ours super-crunchy and actually bake them for around 35-40 minutes)