Homemade Vegan Carrot & Oat Crackers (Recipe)

There's a category of foods that will always be worth making yourself.

Pasta sauce. Soups. Cookies.

Store-bought is fine... But homemade? Better.

Then there are the foods most of us never consider making at home — either because of the hassle or because what you can pick up at the grocery store is totally acceptable.

A few days ago, I would have placed crackers in that second category...

Then I tried making these oat crackers by my friend Julia Murray, RHN, and let me tell you, it's like I've never actually had crackers before.

These homemade crackers are rich in flavor, loaded with unexpected ingredients like white beans, carrots, nut butter, and seeds, and packed with protein (thanks in part to Complement Protein).

Plus, they're surprisingly simple to make.

After dipping these into my favorite homemade hummus, I'll never look at store-bought crackers the same.

Check out the recipe, here (you won't regret it, I promise!):

Dry Ingredients:

• 2/3 cup oats

• 1/2 cup Complement Protein (unflavored)

• 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds

• 2 tsp Italian Seasoning blend

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1/8 tsp pepper

• 1 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup chia seed or flax meal with half cup water (make chia egg)
• 3/4 cup non-dairy milk
• 2 tbsp nut butter of choice
• 2 medium carrots, grated
• 1/2 cup rinsed white beans
• 1-2 tbsp olive oil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 300F
2. Mix chia & water, and let sit 3 minutes
3. Blend all dry ingredients together in food processor
4. Put aside
5. Add all wet ingredients to food processor and blend
6. Pour wet into dry and mix
7. Lay out parchment and pour mixture
8. Lay another piece of parchment over top and flatten cracker mix with rolling pin
9. Remove top layer of parchment, and place cracker mix on baking sheet (leaving bottom layer of parchment)
10. Bake for 20 minutes
11. Remove and let cool
12. Break into crackers!
    

Delish tip: Use extra Alfredo sauce or 5-minute hummus as a dip 🤤