Recipe for Homemade Crackers

THESE can be made ahead and kept in a tin to serve with cheese or to give as a present with some cheese.

Makes 20-25 biscuits

8oz (225g) plain white flour

½ tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

1oz (25g) butter

1 tbsp cream

Water as needed, 5 tbsp approx

Put the flour, salt and baking powder into a bowl. Rub in the butter and moisten with the cream and enough water to make a firm dough.

Roll out very thinly to one-sixteenth of an inch approx. Prick with a fork. Cut into 3½-inch squares with a pastry wheel. Bake at 150C/300F/regulo 2 for 30 minutes approx, or until lightly browned and quite crisp. Cool on a wire rack.

Note: For wheaten crackers, use 4oz wholemeal flour and 4oz plain white flour.