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Crisped Crackers

Crisped Crackers are buttered soft crackers baked until browned.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Crisped Crackers

Oven, in the book's wordsA quick oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a quick oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Split the large soft crackers in half.

  2. Butter the halves generously.

  3. Place the buttered halves in baking pans.

Bake

  1. Bake in a 400°F (200°C) oven until browned.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Large soft crackers
Provide the base that bakes into a crisp, sturdy texture once dried in the oven.
Butter
Adds fat that promotes browning and a rich, savory flavor as the crackers toast.

The step that matters

Baking until browned. Butter helps the cut crackers brown evenly, but over-baking can scorch the butter and make the crackers bitter, so watch colour rather than just the clock.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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