Homemade Spinach Crackers are a sneaky way to get your kids to eat their vegetables.
This recipe was developed , as a way of sneaking vegetables into my fussy toddlers diet. She loves crunchy stuff, but just plays with her vegetables. My devious plan… infiltrate the crunchy crackers she loves, with spinach.
I have made this recipe a couple times now, and my daughter eats the crackers, without complaint. Sure, she would rather have Cheez-its, but Miss Fussy will eat them.
Spinach Cracker Recipe : A Sneaky Way to Get Your Toddler to Eat Veggies
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup of frozen loose leaf spinach
- ¼ cup oil (I use olive oil)
- ½ tsp kosher salt ( or powdered chicken bouillon, like Goya)
- 1 and ½ tbs water
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 1 cup flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Puree the spinach, oil salt, baking powder and water in a food processor or blender.
- Combine the flour and the spinach mixture, either in the food processor, or a mixing bowl.
- Knead the dough and form it into a nice ball.
- Roll the dough out on a well floured surface. The dough should be rolled out very thin (like pasta dough).
- Put the dough on a floured baking sheet.
- Use a pastry cutter to cut the dough into squares.(a pizza cutter or knife will do if you don’t have one)
- Prick each cracker 2-3 times with a fork.
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Thinner crackers and those on the edges will cook faster. Pull them out, and continue cooking those that are still soft. Crackers will crisp a bit more during cooling, but should be somewhat crisp when removed.
- Crackers should be put directly on a kitchen towel to cool, to maintain their crispness.
Notes
This recipes will make a batch of spinach crackers equal to about ½ a regular size box of crackers. Store in an airtight container.
The recipe is easy to make and composed of basic ingredients, that most home cooks will have on hand. I decided to use an all purpose flour for these crackers, over whole wheat, to insure a good “crunch” factor.
These look delicious and the recipe looks easy. It’s doubtful that my 2 year old will eat these, but I will. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for coming by my site! I like your recipe here, my boy would love these. He’ll eat anything salty.
Great site! I love this cracker recipe. Will have to try it. We love Spinach/Kale Pirate’s Booty, so this is along the same lines.
Thanks for the review today!
What a great idea!
Oooh, those look yummy! I love spinach and so does my daughter. Giving her a “snack” that is also healthy is a HUGE bonus for me.
Forget Toddlers, I’m going to try the sneaky recipe with my teenager and husband!
Mmmm, I’m definitely going to make these! Easy and they sound good to me, too. lol
Thanks for the recipe!
(Coming from MomDot Forum)
Finally!
My son doesn’t want to eat veg for months and I kept thinking how to get him to do so. He loves crackers so I thought I search for such crackers on the net but couldn’t find any.
Will try it tomorrow.
So happy I found this!
What’s 11/2 tablespoons of water..? 5.5 tablespoons..?
It is one and a half tbs. The recipe formatter made it look like there wasn’t a space between. I just revised it, so it won’t be confusing anymore. Thanks for the heads up.
We just got a ton of spinach in our csa box, looks like I will be making crackers for my toddler too! Thanks so much-can’t wait to try them!
Awesome. I hope your little one likes them. Carrots make good crackers too
I would love to try this recipe but the nearest store to me only stocks self-rising flour. Do you think this would affect the recipe adversely?
As long as you omit the baking powder in the recipe, I think it will be fine. Crackers are very forgiving.