Delicious and Healthy Paleo Cracker Recipes

For those following a paleo diet, finding suitable snack options can sometimes be a challenge. Many commercially available crackers are made with grains and other ingredients that are not compliant with the paleo lifestyle. Fortunately, making your own paleo crackers at home is not only easy but also allows for endless customization to suit your taste preferences. These homemade crackers are perfect for dipping, snacking, topping with your favorite ingredients, or serving on a cheese board.

Why Make Paleo Crackers?

There are a few things we all tend to really miss when eating the paleo way. For some people, it’s bread. Other folks miss cheese and all of the other dairy delicacies like yoghurt and sour cream. If you find yourself missing that familiar crunch during snack time or at parties, low-carb and paleo crackers will help to fill the void.

Control Over Ingredients

One of the biggest advantages of making your own paleo crackers is the ability to control the ingredients. This is especially important for those with food sensitivities or allergies. By making your own crackers, you can ensure that they are free from gluten, grains, dairy, and other potentially problematic ingredients.

Health Benefits

Paleo crackers can be a healthier alternative to traditional crackers. They are often made with nutrient-dense ingredients like almond flour, seeds, and nuts, which provide healthy fats, fiber, and protein. These nutrients can help you feel full and satisfied, making paleo crackers a great option for weight management.

Customization

Making your own paleo crackers allows you to customize the flavor and texture to your liking. You can experiment with different herbs, spices, and toppings to create unique and delicious cracker recipes that suit your taste preferences.

Read also: Paleo Granola Recipes

Essential Ingredients for Paleo Crackers

Many paleo cracker recipes utilize a combination of nut flours, seeds, and other paleo-friendly ingredients to create a satisfying crunch. Here are some of the most common ingredients:

• Almond Flour: A popular choice for paleo baking, almond flour is made from ground almonds and provides a slightly sweet and nutty flavor. It is also a good source of protein and healthy fats.
• Coconut Flour: Another grain-free flour option, coconut flour is made from dried coconut meat and has a slightly sweet flavor. It is also high in fiber.
• Cassava Flour: Made from the cassava root, this flour is a great option for those with nut allergies. It has a neutral flavor and a texture similar to wheat flour.
• Seeds: Flaxseeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, and chia seeds are all great additions to paleo crackers. They add crunch, flavor, and a boost of nutrients like omega-3 fatty acids and fiber.
• Eggs: Eggs are often used as a binder in paleo cracker recipes, helping to hold the ingredients together.
• Olive Oil: A healthy fat source that adds flavor and moisture to paleo crackers.
• Herbs and Spices: Rosemary, thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, and sea salt are just a few of the many herbs and spices that can be used to flavor paleo crackers.

Paleo Cracker Recipes to Try

Here are 15 delicious and easy-to-make paleo cracker recipes to satisfy your cravings:

1. Egg and Coconut Flour Crackers

Made with egg and coconut flour as the main ingredients, these grain-free and dairy-free crackers are on the lower carbohydrate side making them perfect for both paleo and keto diets. Sesame seeds add a lovely crunch and flavour, while the mustard gives them a very subtle hint of spice.

2. Hidden Veggie Crackers

With only seven ingredients, no dairy or eggs and a vitamin splash from sweet potato, these hidden veggie crackers are versatile and nutritious with an almond flour base for a filling snack.

3. Flaxseed Crackers

If you like a whole lotta crunch with your hummus or baba ghanoush, these amazing flaxseed crackers will definitely hit the spot. With loads of fibre and omega-3s, this recipe is bound to become a snacking staple for you.

Read also: Paleo Diet Delivered: What You Need to Know

4. Grain-Free Saltines

Saltines are a pantry staple. Budget-friendly, good for an upset stomach and versatile enough for anything you want to make with crackers, they’re a big comfort food item for many. Make your own - all without the grain. P.S. these do include some dairy from full-fat yoghurt.

5. Grain-Free Everything Crackers

If you love your ‘everything’ bagel, you’ll love these grain-free everything crackers too. With all the classic fixings, these are perfect for spreading some cream cheese (or dairy-free substitute) with smoked salmon on top of for a fancy mid-afternoon pick-me-up.

6. Rosemary and Sesame Seed Crackers

With so much flavour from fresh rosemary, thyme and toasted sesame seeds, these crackers are as addictive as a good potato chip. They may even remind you of traditional sesame sticks. Plus, they’ll keep for a while in an airtight container if you can hold off eating them that long!

7. Ranch Flavored Crackers

Anything ranch flavoured is usually an automatic winner and these crackers are absolutely no exception. With dill, onion and chives plus a boost of resistant starch from plantains, these AIP-friendly crackers are simply ah-mazing.

8. Rosemary and Garlic Plantain Crackers

Many crackers are made with eggs, nuts and seeds so for the people who are sensitive to these foods, try this AIP-friendly recipe. Flavoured with rosemary and garlic with a base of plantains, these will bake up beautifully with plenty of flavour.

Read also: Paleo Mayonnaise Recipe

9. Simple Plantain Crackers

Here’s another plantain recipe and for good reason! This resistant starch makes an awesome dough perfect for recreating your favourite wheat-derived foods. Plus, these are so simple to make with just a few ingredients and nothing too obscure.

10. Grain-Free Cheez-Its

Cheez-Its are a favourite cracker for many. Before you know it, the whole box is gone. Unfortunately, the traditional version isn’t very healthy and ends up in a bellyache. These grain-free, keto Cheez-Its are still made with real cheese - just without all the extra junk.

11. Almond Pulp Crackers

If you make your own almond milk, this recipe will delight you. For you zero-wasters out there, put that pulp to good use! It makes for a slightly ‘starchy’ base while keeping things super low-carb in this very resourceful cracker recipe.

12. Raw Seed Crackers

This raw, low-carb recipe is basically what it looks like - seeds! Cooked at low temperature (or you can likely use a dehydrator), this recipe ensures the highest amount of nutrition from all those healthy fats and omega-3s in the nourishing list of ingredients.

13. Paleo Graham Crackers

For a little sweetness in your snack, these paleo graham crackers will hit the spot. For s’mores, spreading a bit of almond butter on to and showing the kids real food can be fun, this is a must-make recipe for a special treat.

14. Herb and "Cheese" Crackers

Herb and cheese without the cheese? You bet! These crackers use nutritional yeast to give them that undeniably cheesy flavour, and paired with herbs, these might just get a little hard to stop munching on.

15. Cauliflower Crackers

Of course, you can make crackers out of cauliflower. After all, you can make bread, tortillas, rice and basically anything else starchy with this amazing veggie. Blended with cheesy nutritional yeast, crunchy seeds and coconut flour, these are perfect for dipping.

Easy Paleo Walnut Crackers Recipe

Paleo Walnut Crackers are made with just 5 ingredients: almond flour, walnuts, eggs, olive oil, and salt. You can throw the crackers together in just a few minutes, usually rolled out and ready to go before the oven has finished preheating. This easy paleo crackers recipe is the perfect snack for kids. The great thing about nut cracker recipes is that they’re all low-carb and high-protein.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond flour
• 1/2 cup walnuts, finely chopped
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. In a bowl, mix together the almond flour, walnuts, and salt.
3. Add the olive oil and egg, and mix until a dough forms. The mixture will look like the photo below.
4. Roll the dough between 2 sheets of parchment until it’s very thin.
5. Transfer the bottom sheet with the rolled out cracker dough onto a baking sheet.
6. Cut them into whatever shapes you’d like, and sprinkle with flaked sea salt. Cut mine in diagonal lines to create diamond shaped crackers.
7. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown and crispy.

Tips

• Tip 1: You can make these just basic sea salt crackers by omitting the rosemary.
• Tip 2: It’s super important to sprinkle the sea salt over the crackers after you’ve cut them like the above photo. This way they stick to the dough before they’re baked.

Serving Suggestions

• Any soup you’d like, although rosemary does limit your flavor combinations. You can also choose to leave out the rosemary it doesn’t suit.
• Cheese boards of any kind!
• Crackers and cheese (again of pretty much any kind) but definitely with this herbed goat cheese from my summer cheese board.
• We’ve also been using them as our new hiking lunch with sliced turkey and cheddar for a homemade ‘lunchable’.
• And finally for longer storage you can always stash them in the freezer. If you ever find they’re not as crunchy, you can always re-crisp them in the oven at a low temperature.

Crunchy Cassava Flour Crackers Recipe

These crunchy cassava flour crackers are a grain-free take on the Swedish crispbread Knäckebröd. These paleo crackers are made with just 6 ingredients in about an hour. They're crispy, crunchy, and delicious with all your favorite cracker accoutrements. Effortless to make and imminently customizable. These cassava crackers are gluten-free, grain-free, dairy-free, vegan, nut-free, and paleo-friendly. Cassava flour gives these grain-free crackers a neutral flavor with plenty of crunch!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cassava flour
• 1/4 cup mixed seeds (sesame, flax, sunflower)
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Flaky salt for topping

Instructions:

1. Position racks in the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat to 300ºF.
2. Stir together the flour, seeds, and salt in a large bowl.
3. Add the olive oil and water, stir to combine. Let sit 10 minutes, then knead with your hands in the bowl into a smooth ball.
4. Divide in two.
5. Roll one piece of dough between two pieces of parchment paper into a large, thin sheet that’s about the size of a baking sheet. If the dough cracks or tears, just squish it back together. You can trim away the wonky edges, stick them into the corners, and continue rolling to make a rectangle. Repeat with the other piece of dough.
6. Brush the dough all over with olive oil and sprinkle with flaky salt.
7. Bake the crackers until light golden, about 40-50 minutes (check at 15 minutes if using a different flour as some bake much faster than others).
8. Let the crackers cool, then break them into 2 to 3-inch pieces.

Tips

• For a non-paleo version, try these with buckwheat or corn flour. Or for a more traditional gluten-ful version, use rye flour or spelt flour.
• Feel free to play fast and loose with the seeds, using any combination you like.

Easy Almond Flour Crackers Recipe

My easy, crispy almond flour crackers are great with dips and the perfect accompaniment to a cheeseboard. A good crunch gets me excited. When you bake grain free, a really decent crunch can be hard to achieve. It is simple! 2 basic ingredients, plus seasonings. That's it. Versatile. Over the years, I have eaten these crackers at breakfast, as a snack and as a side for luch and dinner.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond flour
• 2 medium eggs (or 1 medium egg if using ground almonds)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Optional: Parmesan cheese

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius / 350 Fahrenheit.
2. Blend the superfine almond flour and 2 medium eggs (or ground almonds and 1 medium egg) plus pepper and salt in a food processor until a dough forms.
3. Roll out the dough THINLY between 2 pieces of parchment paper. Remove the top paper.
4. Use a small glass or cookie cutter to cut the dough into shapes. I used a 5 cm diameter glass to make 40 round crackers (they weighed around 6 grams each). Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. A quicker way is to pre-cut the dough into squares or diamonds with a knife or pizza cutter. In this case, leave the dough on the same baking paper you have rolled it out on.
5. Sprinkle the optional parmesan over the crackers. If making without parmesan, option to sprinkle over more sea salt and cracked black pepper.
6. Bake for 12 minutes or until lightly browned. If they lose their crunch, simply reheat them in a preheated oven for a few minutes and then let them cool fully.

Tips

• #1 Roll the dough thinly and evenly. This makes the crunchiest crackers.
• #2 If the crackers on the outer edges or at the back of the oven brown quicker, rotate the baking sheet or remove the ones that are done.
• #3 Patience! Let the crackers cool completely. All almond flour bakes are fragile and soft while hot.

Serving Suggestions

• Sandwich: Treat them like a mini sandwich! Top with mashed avocado, butter, ham, cheese or even peanut butter and sugar free jam.
• With soups and salads: When I don't have bread in the house, I often have a few crackers with lunch. They are great with my butternut squash soup and this creamy keto mushroom soup.

Storage

Almond flour crackers stay crunchy for up to 1 week in an airtight container. They probably last for several weeks, but we always eat them way before that. If they do soften because of humidity, just heat them in the oven (180C / 350F) for 5 minutes. This lets the moisture evaporate and the crackers crisp up again.

Low FODMAP Tuscan Almond Flour Crackers Recipe

These Low FODMAP Tuscan Almond Flour Crackers are mixed with the perfect blend of Italian herbs and garlic-infused olive oil, making them a perfect savory snack. They’re thick yet crispy, so they’re great for dunking into dips or sauces. The best part is that they come together in under 30 minutes!

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ cups fine, blanched almond flour
• 2 tablespoons tapioca starch
• 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 large egg
• 2 tablespoons garlic-infused olive oil
• 1 tablespoon water
• Flaky sea salt, for topping

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a large mixing bowl, add almond flour, tapioca starch, fine sea salt and dried herbs. Whisk to thoroughly combine.
3. Add egg, garlic-infused olive oil and water. Using a silicone spatula, repeatedly fold mixture into itself until evenly combined, and a dough forms. Roll into a ball. The dough will be firm to the touch, and will not be sticky.
4. Place the dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper. Flatten dough slightly with your hands before using a rolling pin to roll out dough into a rectangle, about 1/8 of an inch thick.
5. Carefully peel off the top layer of parchment paper. Using a long knife or pizza cutter, slice dough into your desired cracker shape. Top with flaky sea salt and tap large pieces of salt gently to help them adhere to the dough. Leave sliced dough as is on the piece of parchment.
6. Transfer parchment paper to baking sheet and bake for 14-16 minutes, until edges start to brown.
7. Once done, remove parchment paper from baking sheet.

4-Ingredient Paleo Crackers Recipe

Easy and delicious paleo crackers made with almond flour for a boost of protein and healthy fats. You’ll only need 4 ingredients for these deliciously crispy, low carb & gluten free crackers.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups almond flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon chia seeds
• ½ teaspoon salt
• Optional: garlic powder

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In large bowl combine the almond flour, egg, chia seeds, salt and garlic powder. You may need to use your hands to make it all come together. It should feel like a wet sand but will still hold together.
2. Add the mixture to parchment paper, then top with another sheet of parchment paper to cover. Roll out dough between the two pieces of parchment paper so the dough is approximately 13” x 15” (dough should be VERY thin). You may have to use your hands to smooth out the edges of the dough. Very carefully transfer the rolled out dough on parchment paper to a large baking sheet that is bigger than the dough (i use a 21x15 inch pan). You can also divide the dough in half and bake on two smaller baking sheets. It’s up to you, but please note that you do want the dough to be pretty thin.
3. Remove the top piece of the parchment paper and cut crackers into about 1.5 inch squares. I like to use a pizza cutter.
4. Whisk your second egg in a small bowl with 1 teaspoon of water to make an egg wash. Lightly brush all of the dough with the egg wash. You won’t need to use all the wash.
5. Bake for 14-19 minutes until set and edges and crackers are nice and golden brown. They need to be completely golden brown to be crispy crackers and to stay that way.
6. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before carefully breaking the squares up into crackers.

5-Ingredient Rosemary Crackers Recipe

With just 5 ingredients, this Rosemary Crackers recipe is super easy to make. All you need is almond flour, egg, rosemary, olive oil, and salt.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup almond flour
• 1 large egg
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
2. In a bowl, mix together the almond flour, rosemary, and salt.
3. Add the olive oil and egg, and mix until a dough forms.
4. Roll the dough out thinly between two sheets of parchment paper.
5. Cut into desired shapes and transfer to a baking sheet.
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until golden brown.

Tips for Making the Best Paleo Crackers

• Roll the dough thinly: The thinner the dough, the crispier the crackers will be.
• Use parchment paper: Rolling the dough between two sheets of parchment paper prevents it from sticking and makes it easier to transfer to the baking sheet.
• Watch the baking time: Paleo crackers can burn easily, so keep a close eye on them while they are baking.
• Let them cool completely: Paleo crackers will continue to crisp up as they cool, so be sure to let them cool completely before serving.
• Store in an airtight container: To keep your paleo crackers fresh and crispy, store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
• Experiment with flavors: Don't be afraid to experiment with different herbs, spices, and toppings to create your own unique paleo cracker recipes.

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