Celiacs, have no fear! These Homemade Gluten-Free Graham Crackers are just what you’ve been searching for! Top 8 allergy-free, vegan, and sugar-free, you can enjoy these healthy “cookies” as a quick kid-friendly snack or part of a dessert recipe!
The humble graham cracker. Is it a cracker or a cookie? A snack or dessert? I say cookie and snack. The graham cracker is so simple, ordinary, and usually forgotten about unless we’re talking s’mores. I grew up loving a good old Honey Maid brand graham cracker. One of those foods I can still distinctly remember the taste of, so many years later. It took so long to finally find a gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, and soy-free graham cracker, but you know I did eventually. Thank goodness, but still, this wouldn’t cut it. I wanted a graham crackers (graham “cookie” if we want to be legit), that was accessible, cheaper, and homemade for everyone!
You know I’d never let you down (or myself down, for that matter!) so I took on the task to make the best homemade gluten-free graham cracker around! While I was at it, I had to finally settle that cracker/cookie debate. First of all, graham flour is NOT gluten-free, it is just another form of wheat flour that comes from grinding the endosperm of wheat. The graham cracker dates back to the 19th century from a preacher named Sylvester Graham, as a flat, crisp cookie made of graham flour and sweetened with honey. Because they were a “healthy” snack, similar to an English biscuit, that’s why they were called crackers and not cookies. In comes Nabisco (aka the National Biscuit Company back in the day) and they mass-produced that cracker like no other!
My gluten-free graham crackers taste just like the beloved cracker/cookie but are suitable for just about everyone! That humble cracker/cookie needs to be an option for everyone…how else could we have s’mores?! That would be a tragedy…a childhood without graham crackers and without s’mores? Unheard of!
No matter how you enjoy them, dunked in non-dairy milk, used for s’mores, as a simple snack or dessert, these homemade gluten-free graham crackers will be a new fun staple to have on hand! They’re wholesome and nutritious (woohoo sugar-free hacks) so they’d be perfect for a lunchbox too! I’m really happy with how the taste and texture came out. Pretty “graham-y” to me and they did take me back to the good ole’ gluten days! A combo or brown rice and teff flour gave them that perfect graham cracker color without any overpowering whole-grain taste. Plus, when you load anything with cinnamon…how could you go wrong!?
Homemade Gluten-Free Graham Crackers
- 1 Cup Brown Rice Flour
- ½ Cup + 2 TB Teff Flour
- ½ Cup + 2 TB Unsweetened Applesauce
- ¼ Cup Erythritol (plus more for topping)
- 1 Tsp Coconut Oil
- ½ Tsp Baking Powder
- ½ Tsp Baking Soda
- ½ Tsp Cinnamon (plus more for topping)
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients and mix well and knead to form a tough dough.
- Roll out the dough between 2 Silpats or parchment paper to ¼ inch thickness.
- Cut out about 20-24 squares (using a pizza cutter works great!) and add two lines of small hole marks with the prongs of a fork on each of the squares.
- Sprinkles the squares with more cinnamon and erythritol.
- Bake the squares on a lined baking sheet for 18-20 minutes. Remove and let cool.
Some call them a “grandmother’s cookie”, a snack and not a dessert, they even call them biscuits in Europe. But no matter what preconceived notions you have, give these gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, and sugar-free gems a try and you will be in love with a new definition of graham cracker! I think these s’mores pancakes and these super lazy “microwave” s’mores may be in your future too 😉 Seals the deal, I know!
So tell me:
+ Cracker or Cookie?
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These look so good! I like gluten free Graham crackers better than I liked the regular kind. I buy gluten free ones, but have never attempted to make my own. May have to try this.
They are super easy to whip up at home!
Pinning to try! Love your recipes!
Thank you!
Did you just answer my prayers? that’s awesome Rebecca, kiddies can have smores now – thank you xxx
All kiddos (young and old) need s’mores!
These look really tasty and love the gluten free option. We could make them for my friend.
That’s great!
These sound really good. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
These look delicious. I’m not familiar with some of the ingredients, so I’ll have to check for availability, But overall, this looks like a pretty easy and great snack to make and enjoy. Your pictures are incredible (and look edible!)
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We don’t have Gramham Crackers in the UK; I can’t even think of anything similar! They look really nice and yummy, they look sweet but not too sweet
Not too sweet! The perfect light “cookie” that is perfect for a snack!
Hear so.much about Graham crackers! They aren’t a British thing!
I believe you call them “biscuits” 😛
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Great! I’m always looking for new recipes for my son’s diet x x
He will love these!
Making my own will be so much easier than trying to find the gluten free version for my friends. So excited to try these!
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Yes and it’s hard to tell the difference 😉
Can’t wait to try this! Graham crackers are delicious
They so are!
Great recipe, thanks for sharing! I actually made some gf graham crackers one time for S’Mores Trooper cupcakes for my kids’ Star Wars birthday party. They were a hit!
I’m sure they were cute 🙂
Ah, I never knew what parts of wheat were used in graham crackers (I just knew that I loved them)! I’m just starting to use wheat-free flours for a new allergy, and I”ve only tried almond, coconut, and oat so far. Everyone tells me that I need to try rice flour, so this recipe might just be how I start. 🙂
Almond and coconut are terrible flours to begin with, ha!
So I have found! I definitely like combining my own vs using a premix, though. Should be a busy summer…
These look and sound delicious…you’d never guess they were gluten free! I don’t think we get Graham Crackers in the UK – or at least if we do, I’ve never seen them…but I imagine they must be nice! Eb 🙂
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I encourage you to make some asap then!
I love s’mores but I probably love no bake pies with graham cracker crust even more! These look amazing can’t wait to try them.
I say we make a s’more pie next 😉
I would love these – what a perfect way to make s’mores!
Just super easy!
These look amazing! I need to go to the store and get my stuff to make them!
Weekend baking I foresee!
Thank you so much for this recipe. I have a hard time finding GF graham crackers in the store for my daughter! She will love this!
You will love these! They taste pretty amazingly similar (from what I remember)!
Ahhhh you have me craving s’mores with the babies, they’re so cute!
You know s’mores have to happen!
I have never made homemade graham crackers (gluten free or otherwise). This is great, especially when I have to make GF desserts for friends. Have printed for later, thanks.
Get graham cracker baking!
Oh my goodness! My gluten free daughter will be so happy about this recipe! Thanks, gf graham crackers are hard to find!
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Time to celebrate with s’mores!
Rebecca, these look so good. I will definitely need to try this recipe.
Thanks, Peter!
Sounds mighty tasty!
You bet!
These look awesome! Love the addition of the cinnamon.
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Can’t have graham crackers without cinnamon!
These are amazing — definitely pinning to try later. Thanks for sharing!
Awesome! Thanks, Jennifer 🙂
I’ll have to try to make this myself, thanks for sharing the recipe x
I hope you enjoy!
It’s hard to find a vegan graham cracker, I’ll have to give these a try.
Yup! They need to fit all the “free-froms” for me!
We call Graham Crackers “Digestive Biscuits”. I use these in many of my cheesecake recipes as the base.
Your homemade gluten-free graham crackers would be an ideal substitute for the normal gluten base!
Pinned! 🙂
Hahaha, honestly…isn’t “digestive biscuit” just a terrible name? Graham cracker isn’t much better but…haha! Those poor cookies need more love!
Yum these look delicious and perfect for gluten-free s’mores!
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This is such a great recipe since it is so difficult to find graham crackers that are both vegan and gluten free!
There are a few, but the big problem I’ve found is the SOY!
These look so good! One of my favorite snack used to be graham crackers with peanut butter! I am looking forward to trying the combo again using these gluten free beauties!
O that would be a lovely snack!
We’re a graham cracker loving household! They are so good crumbled on yogurt and ice cream and really anything! Cracker, cookie, it’s all the same if they’re delicious!
Haha, yes! Some many possibilities with the humble “cracker”!
They look fabulous – I can imagine they’d go lovely with my hummus!
Haha, um, I don’t think so…
These look smashing! I’ve never tried Graham Crackers, but I am told they are very like our digestive biscuits. Shared.
Yup, they totally are!
I’ve always heard about Graham Crackers in US movies but went vegan before I ever got the chance to try them (I’m from Germany) – and now I can! 🙂
Haha, well give them a shot! They are so comforting!
These look so good. It’s never occurred to me to make homemade graham crackers. What a good idea!
A perfect sweet snack to make at home!
I’ve had s’mores on my mind so this comes at a perfect time! yum!
S’mores should always be on the mind 😉
This is amazing! I have so many ideas for recipes! I didn’t think of using teff flour 😀
Teff is fabulous and gives it that nice browned color!
Good to know- thank you!
I’d love make s’mores with these yummy graham crackers!!!
You bet! Thanks!
Let the SMORES commence–YAY~~~ Love this recipe.
Summer calls for daily s’mores 😉
What a great recipe for those with allergies!
Thank you!