Cooking with kids is one of many ways to interact with foods outside of the mealtime. Plus it is fantastic to exercise EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SKILLS. The benefits include building their familiarity with foods and increasing their acceptance of them WITHOUT pressure to eat.
These sweet potato crackers (or should I say “quackers”) were fun to make and as a bonus, the extra dough that somehow found it’s way to the floor during cooking*, became a great single-use playdough. *Not naming any names but I think it was my 3 year old ;p
The parts miss 3 helped with included:
- getting ingredients out of the cupboard
- mixing the dough
- rolling the dough
- choosing the cookie cutters
- making the cookie shapes
Here is my original post from Instagram:
Sweet potato crackers
Course: SnacksDifficulty: Easy12
servings10
minutes8
minutesIngredients
1/4 cup buckwheat flour (or you can use wholemeal or other type of flour)
3/4 cup plain flour (could use gf too)
1/4 tsp turmeric
pinch of sea salt
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 cup steamed sweet potato pureed with 1/4 cup cooking water
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 200oC. In a large bowl, mix the first 5 ingredients to make a crumb like consistency.
- Form a well in the mixture and then mix through the sweet potato puree to form a dough. Roll out thin on a floured surface.
- Use a variety of cookie cutters to make shapes. Place onto a baking tray.
- Bake for 8 mins at 200oC.
Notes
- These can stay fresh in an airtight container for 2 days or in the freezer for up to 2 months.
Do your kids like crackers? What do you serve them with?
Hi! I know this is an old post, but if you are still checking comments – I was curious about how long the crackers last and how best to store them?
Hi Mel!
Thanks for writing. These will store in an air tight container for 2 -3 days. I don’t make a very big batch and they don’t seem to last that long in our house!
🙂
Can these be frozen? Thanks