Apparently January 20th is a recognized day of all things cheese. Who knew? I’d never heard of it, but it’s an idea I can get behind because, well, I love cheese. All kinds of cheese. Soft cheese, hard cheese, stinky cheese, moldy cheese – I love it all!
Which is great for me because I’m doing this low carb thing…
You know what isn’t great? There aren’t a lot of (any?) low carb cracker options available, and cheese without crackers is just tragic and lonely. It’s like Batman without Robin… Sonny without Cher… Abbot without Costello….. Justin Bieber without Selena Gomez… (too much? yeah…sorry.)
Anyway, a cheese plate without crackers just doesn’t work. Gotta have the crunch to offset the rich creaminess – am I right or am I right?? Since I just went to Costco and bought gargantuan quantities of all kinds of yummy cheeses, I needed to make a low carb cracker to eat them with. Necessity being the mother of invention etc, etc.
You could flavor these with other herbs or even caraway seeds if you wanted a rye flavor. They were awesome with cheese but you can also use them for dips which I did today (more on that in a later post!) and they worked perfectly. My search for a low carb cracker is over. I hope you like them too!
These crackers start with the same basic recipe as the pizza crust and burger buns. I added chopped rosemary to the dough and sprinkled the crackers with sea salt (kosher works if you don’t have any) before baking and they make a perfect crispy keto cracker with a nice rosemary flavor. I ate a bunch right out of the oven with nothing on them because they are just plain tasty.
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Keto Rosemary & Sea Salt Flax Crackers (Low Carb and Gluten Free)
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: A LOT
- Diet: Diabetic
Description
These Keto Rosemary & Sea Salt Flax Crackers are what your cheese loving hearts have been missing! Easy to make, and with minimal ingredients, these are perfect to add to your next cheese platter. Great for dipping too!
Ingredients
- 1 cup ground (or milled) flax seeds
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan or romano cheese
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
- Sea salt or kosher salt for sprinkling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F) and spray a cookie sheet (or two) with nonstick spray.
- Add all of the ingredients (except salt) to a medium bowl. Stir until fully combined.
- Let sit for about 5 minutes.
- Spray a clean countertop or large cutting board with nonstick spray. Spray your rolling pin with nonstick spray.
- Form your dough into a ball and place on the greased counter. Roll it out as thin as you dare. I went pretty thin (like a wheat thin thickness) and the thinnest ones of the batch were the best.
- Use a biscuit or cookie cutter if you have one, or just use a sharp knife to cut a grid of 1 inch-ish squares.
- Use a small spatula or pie server to transfer the individual squares (or any shape) onto your pan. Keep rerolling and cutting your scraps until the dough is all gone.
- Sprinkle with salt. Bake for 10 minutes, remove and flip, bake another 3 minutes. If you want them super crispy, turn the oven off and then put the crackers back in after it’s cooled a bit but is still warm. Leave them in for about an hour and they will continue to dry out until super crispy.
- Serve with your favorite cheese or dip!
Notes
Update: Someone suggested rolling the dough onto parchment paper, slicing the dough into squares and transferring the entire sheet onto a pan and baking directly on the parchment – genius idea, thought I’d share it!
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 13
- Category: Snack
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 batch
- Calories: 998
- Fat: 70g
- Carbohydrates: 34g/ 2g net
- Fiber: 32g
- Protein: 55g
bend used cars says
this looks great!
Eri says
I’m so glad I found your amazing blog, I hope that my search for a good low carb cracker will end up today! Thanks for sharing!!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Me too Erin, me too! Can’t wait to hear the verdict – hope you’ll let us know how they came out!
Splendor says
I rolled this right on a Silpat (best thing since sliced bread…mmm bread) and cut it with pizza cutter. Easy peasy! Thanks so much for the recipe. I am also looking for a way to enjoy a low carb, no sugar added pumpkin treat. I bought a can of it and I’m dying to use it!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Duh! I have a Silpat (ummm….somewhere around here) and I can’t believe I didn’t think of that! Totally doing that next time thanks for the reminder! Haven’t done any experimenting with pumpkin yet, have to add it to my ideas list!
Frances says
Love the flavor of these! Just made a batch and totally got a lot out of it. About 80. Probably would have gotten more if I could judge the correct size of a square inch lol. Subbed in 3/4c. egg whites for the eggs, don’t have any whole in the house. Worked great tho, and saved on some calories and fat. I love them and keep going back for more. Just started low carb, and have been having trouble, but your recipes look like they will really help! If there are any left, I will try to share with my co-workers. Operative word there is “try” Lol
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Glad you liked them Frances – hope your coworkers do too! Er….if they ever get any! :)
Leah says
I just finished these, and boy, you are right, the thinner the better. I tried the parchment paper, and it worked like a charm. Just had to bake 12-13 minutes the first time. Love your low carb recipes. They have save me!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
I love mine super thin like a chip and they can be used in so many ways! So happy you are enjoying them too! :)
Anonymous says
I Love Crackers, bread, chips! I have SO MISSED my Breads. These are super easy to make, and OH SO Healthy. I’m so Excited about learning to eat right. It’s not just about Losing weight but doin whats right for ur Families Health and to live our Best with what God has Given Us :)
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Good for you! I agree that we can’t just be about weight loss or we’ll never stick to it. I keep at it because I feel so much better than when I was eating lots of refined carbs and I don’t feel guilty about the food I’m eating now. Glad you liked the crackers!
freestanding closet says
What a great idea, these look so yummy!
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
They are – hope you think so too, let us know if you try them!
Anonymous says
Would store-bought flax meal work the same as ground flax seed? :) I have both (seeds and flax meal), but would love a chance to use the meal if you think it would work! :) I’m so excited about a low-carb cracker! We’ve been eating Paleo and I have really, really missed crackers :) Thank you! Kristen
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Hey Kristen, yes by all means use the store bought meal – that’s what I used for this batch and it came out great! Hope you like them!
Missannie143 says
THANK YOU, thank you, ThAnK yOu, THANK YOU!!! =) I was whipping up a batch of these buggers within 3 minutes of reading the recipe, and downing the ‘crackers’ as soon as they came out of the oven with some of my best cheese! A-mazing! I’m loving the lo-carb weight loss, and now I can REALLY love it due to the fact that I can have crackers again! I live in Napa Valley, where cheese platters are around every corner. Now I don’t have to feel like I’m missing out on ANY part of the platter.
Love and Cheese,
Annie
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Annie, you’re welcome, you’re welcome, you’re welcome!!!! :) So glad you liked them!! I need to make a new batch because I ran out the other day – totally essential to my low carb survival! Living in Napa I might miss the wine even more than the crackers though! ha ha!
heidi Wagner says
I was just wondering how many carbs each serving has? Forgive me if i missed it on the page! Also, I grew up in South Carolina I hope you learn to love it as much as i do! :)
Mellissa Sevigny (sevimel) says
Hey Heidi, I just answered this in an email to someone else yesterday and forgot to update the post but I came up with about 5 grams of net carbs per batch which depending on how thin you make them can be close to 100 crackers so it really depends on how many you make and eat! :) South Carolina is definitely growing on me!