Kathleen Anninos Cape Cod Comman Crackers

Total Time: 74 hrs
Preparation Time: 72 hrs
Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 teaspoons yeast


• 1 cup warm water


• 1 tablespoon brown sugar


• 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice


• 1/2 teaspoon salt


• 1 cup bread flour


• 1 1/4 cups bread flour


• 6 tablespoons lard


• 1 teaspoon salt


• 1 tablespoon instant potato flakes


• 1 tablespoon brown sugar


• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda


• 3 tablespoons water


• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice


• 2 cups bread flour

Recipe

• 1 making the starter: whisk 1st 6 ingredients together into a batter and store for 2 days. it will rise, go down and then separate.


• 2 making the cracker dough: knead enough flour into 1 cup of starter dough to make a firm ball of dough. cover and let rise 1 hour.


• 3 in another bowl, mix the lard, salt, potato flakes, brown sugar and baking soda


• 4 mix in lemon juice and 3 tablespoons water.


• 5 knead this liquid into dough using paddle attachment of mixer.


• 6 add more flour changing to dough hook as dough stiffens.


• 7 after 5 minutes you should have a stiff smooth ball of dough.


• 8 rolling out dough: cut the dough into 1/4s.


• 9 one at time, roll dough into a rectangle 3/8-inch thick.


• 10 starting at one end, put through pasta roller.


• 11 fold in thirds like a business letter.


• 12 give a quarter turn and roll again.


• 13 repeat the process 6 times. going down to position # 6 on machine.


• 14 use as little flour as possible.


• 15 the final dough should be 1/4 inch thick.


• 16 preheat the oven to 425 degrees.


• 17 cut 1 1/2 inch rounds.


• 18 press tines of table fork through the rounds in 2 places.


• 19 arrange on parchment paper.


• 20 bake 8 minutes until the crackers have risen and are light golden brown.


• 21 lower the temperature to 200 degrees and then let the crackers dry out in oven for 2 hours.