Flax Crackers: Easy to Make at Home with a Dehydrator

This recipe is an adaptation of a number of recipes which are similar. This is a very loose recipe, as I was getting ready to host a party when I made two different batches.

The key to good flax crackers is to be sure to add some salt or seasoning as the flax has its own flavor. Make sure that the crackers are very dry and store them with desiccant packets (like those that you find in the processed nori). 

Here is the recipe, as it stands: 

Flax Crackers – makes a good amount to almost completely fill 2 dehydrator trays

1 cup whole flax seeds

2 tablespoons ground flax seeds

1 cup water, broth or other liquid (I used water)

½ teaspoon salt or 1 tablespoon of coconut amino acids or tamari (or to taste) but they taste best with salt
Tomatoes and chives or other liquidy ingredients like zucchini or carrot pulp, from juicing

Directions

Put all the flax in a big bowl. Add the liquid and stir to combine. I also added the tomato mixture at this point

Cover the bowl with a cloth and stir every 5 to 10 minutes up to 1 hour, until the mixture gets thick. When thick, stir in the salt or aminos or tamari and any seasoning. Stir completely to combine.

Using dehydrator sheet on your trays, spread the flax mixture to 1 to 2 seeds thick into a rectangle. You can score with a knife now if you like but I did not get even crackers and prefer them to be a bit more rustic.

I like to dehydrate at about 108 degrees F. if possible. I let the trays go for about an hour and then checked them. When they felt stiff enough (it might have been 2 hours), I took them off the sheet and put the mixture upside down directly on the rack. I dehydrated them until they were crisp which I think took about 4 to 5 hours. (you can see why this is a loose recipe)

Note: You can score the mixture with a knife when you first carefully spread out the gooey seeds but the scoring didn’t seem to stay. I like to have my crackers in a more rustic way, which is how they were when I paid $8 for the bag of them.
I estimate that the cost of making 2 trays of flax crackers to be about $2. I made at least 3 times what I bought and they weren’t too salty for me to eat.