Cumin "Cookies"

Our lunch today was accompanied by cumin-flavored crackers (a.k.a. “cookies” in the UK), thanks to a recipe found on Sunita’s World. I must admit that I started out to make the recipe because I read the post, in which these are described as cookies … and only when I was into the recipe did I realize that they didn’t call for all that much in the way of sugar, so were going to be what I’d call crackers!

Well, as soon as I realized this, I readjusted my mental landscape a bit: I’d been anticipating something sweet – and was wondering how in the world sweet would go with cumin! They are delicious little savory crispy flat-bread things, though, by whatever name you call them. Thank you, Sunita!

Ours were square rather than round (still no belongings, much less kitchen implements like cookie-cutters or measuring cups – 75+ days and counting). Also, I modified a bit, to end up with something more along the lines of:

• 1C seeded whole wheat flour
• 1C whole wheat flour
• 1/2C wheat bran
• 2 Tbsp cumin seeds, roasted & broken
• 1 Tbsp capsicum / pepper flakes
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1 Tbsp oil
• 1/2 c of milk

What this gave us were these marvelously savory, delightfully spicy little crackers. In the future I’d probably cut the salt way down – possibly to nothing, actually. I’d also probably want to actually measure things, instead of eyeballing them, but, again, would need to have had something with which to measure.

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