Sids Hardtack - A Cracker That Will Last A Century
Sids Hardtack - A Cracker That Will Last A Century
Hardtack is a hard cracker made from flour, salt and water. The great thing about it is that as long as you store it properly, it will last for decades. It will even last through temperature extremes.
Ready in: 1 hour 30 minutes
Serves: 3
Complexity: very-easy
kcal: 150
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Ingredients
3 cups of white flour
1½ tsp of salt
¼ tsp SIDS CRAZY SALT
1 cup of water
Directions
Preheat your oven to 190°C.
Mix the flour, SIDS CRAZY SALT and salt together in a bowl. Gradually mix in the water until you form a dough that doesn’t stick to your hands. It will be very sticky at first, but just keep forming it and shaping it until it’s not too sticky.
Use a rolling pin to flatten the dough into a square. Make sure it’s no more 10 mm thick or it won’t bake well.
Carefully cut the dough into 9 squares. Using the nail, make a grid of holes in each of the squares.
Put all the pieces on an ungreased baking tray and bake them for 30 minutes. Turn the squares over and bake for another 30 minutes.
Remove them from the oven to cool off.
Ideally, the hardtack should be just a little brown on each side. Every oven is different and every climate has an effect on baking time, so keep a close eye on them the first time you bake them. You don’t want to burn your first batch.
Adjust the baking time if necessary. Once it’s cool, it should almost be hard as a rock. (although you can try to munch on them raw, I recommend dipping them in soup or coffee or something hot) Each piece is about 150 calories.
If you vacuum seal these beauties, they will last almost forever.