Oaty Grahams ! | {low refined whole-grain}

Sometimes you just have to have a graham cracker! Like for s'mores! Getting ready relocate back to California, my husband and I planned a camping road trip through the Easter High Sierras and hot springs! Smore's sounded like a fun challenge to try to accommodate my semi-sweet palate and preference for whole-foods! I always loved s'mores as a kid, but lost my taste for the overly processed graham crackers, sickening-sweet "marshmallows." and candy-like chocolate.

Since I make my own super dark chocolate, I thought, how about trying some home-made, mildly sweet marshmallows and some oaty grahams that are as close to whole grain as possible? Here's the delicious result for the Oaty Graham Crackers with cardamom and cinnamon.

Someday I'll post on how to make chocolate... but tempering is an art! And the marshmallows... they could fall under the Tao of Eating category of "Daily Treats" on occasion.

Yield | 14 (using 3" square cutter)

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cup Oat Flour (coarse ground in a coffee grinder or food processor like wheat germ flakes)

• 1/2 cup Rolled Oat flakes

• 1/2 tsp Salt

• 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

• 1/2 tsp Ground Cardamom

• 1/2 tsp Ground Cinnamon

• 1/3 cup Coconut Sugar

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter (pastured, grass fed)

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F

• Cut the oats in a blender, coffee grinder, or food processor so they are small flakes resembling wheat germ.

• Add the dry ingredients to a large mixing bowl and add the butter. Massage the fat thoroughly into the flour.

• Add the coconut sugar, and bring the mixture together into a ball using your hands.

• Flatten the dough into a thick disc ready for rolling out. Cover with cling wrap and place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

• Remove your biscuit dough from the fridge and roll out about a 1/4 inch thick.

• Use a cutter (I used a 3 inch square cutter) to cut your shapes.

• Place the biscuits onto your greased or lined trays.

• Bake in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes until lightly browned. If you like a really crisp biscuit, switch the oven off and leave them in for another 5 minutes or so.

• Remove from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack.

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