Homemade Graham Crackers

Here is the graham cracker recipe I use for Noah. I like it because it has minimal sugar and I know what ingredients are in it. Noah likes it because, to him, it tastes like a cookie! Rich and I both agree that these would taste better with frosting :-)

3/4 Cup brown sugar
1/2 Cup shortening (I used butter)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1 3/4 cups whole wheat (graham) flour
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup water
Cream together sugar and butter until fluffy. Add vanilla. Stir together flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with water, mixing well after each addition. Chill dough until firm. Divide dough into thirds. Roll out each portion on floured surface to rectangle 1/8 inch thick. Trim to 5 X 15-inch rectangle. Cut into six 2 1/2 x 5-inch rectangles. Make a line down center of dough with back edge of knife. Place on greased cookie sheets. Mark each square with prongs of fork. Bake in 350 degree oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until crisp and edges are browned. Remove immediately from cookie sheets and cool on wire racks.

The hardest part about this recipe was making uniformly shaped crackers. With the scraps I used mini cookie cutters, which worked great. They turned out about the size of animal crackers. That's what I'll do for the whole batch next time.
Enjoy!