Today is the last day of 2020, and we plan on celebrating by eating lots of good food! Generally, on New Year’s Eve, we love serving a variety of small appetizers and finger foods, along with cocktails and champagne, to ring in the new year. And of course, we always make kransekage for dessert! One of our go-to snack foods for New Year’s is a cheese or charcuterie board. It’s super simple to put together and so incredibly aesthetically pleasing. This is something that has gone absolutely viral this past year, showing up everywhere from TikTok to Instagram to good ol’ Facebook. So, if you’re making a cheese board, put a little something homemade on there in the form of this knækbrød, or crisp bread crackers!
These crackers are known as knækbrød in Danish. This translates to crisp bread, which is, quite literally, what they are. Super crispy and crunchy, full of flavor from seeds and rye flour, they are a perfect accompaniment to any of your favorite dips or toppings. Instead of buying crackers at the store, try making these at home – you won’t be disappointed!
In this post, we have included not only our recipe for knækbrød, but also linked a recipe for an optional dill and onion dip. The cracker recipe is quite simple – just make sure you don’t underbake them, as you want a really nice, crispy cracker. If you don’t have flax or sesame seeds, feel free to replace with pumpkin or sunflower seeds, or use any combination of the four. The onion dip is absolutely delicious, and we would highly recommend it! Enjoy, and Happy New Year! Here’s to a better 2021 🙂
Knækbrød (Crisp Bread)
Ingredients
DOUGH
- 50 grams (1/2 cup) oats, milled in a food processor
- 75 grams (1/2 cup) flax seeds
- 30 grams (1/4 cup) sesame seeds
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 165 grams (1 cup + 2 tbsp) flour
- 110 grams (3/4 cup) rye flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) vegetable or neutral oil
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) water (may need to add more)
DILL AND ONION DIP
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 390 F (200 C).
- To make the dough, combine all dry ingredients – oats, flax seeds, sesame seeds, salt, flour, rye flour, and baking powder – in a bowl.
- Add your oil and water and begin to mix together. Your dough should come together into a mass, but you can add more water (little by little) if needed.
- Prepare a surface with flour and begin rolling out your dough to about a 1/8 inch thickness. It's easier to work with only half the dough at a time. Alternatively, you can roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper (this is easier if your dough is a bit stickier).
- Once your dough is thin enough, transfer to a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Score your dough to create squares or rectangles of any size (up to you!). We use two baking trays and make around 24 squares with some extra irregular shapes around the edges.
- Bake for around 15 minutes. Then remove from the oven, and let cool slightly so that you don’t burn yourself. Break your crisp bread into pieces and put back in the oven for another 5-10 to get fully crisp. Let cool, eat with your favorite topping or dip and enjoy!
