Serves: 5
This is the first time I've ever baked any kind of cracker in any kind of oven. I didn't make any changes to the actual but baking them in the Sun Ovens presented a few challenges that I'm still working on. Here are a few things I learned from today's baking session. First, about the ingredients, the recipe calls for instant yeast and something called "non-diastatic malt powder". Instant yeast can be found in most grocery stores, I used Fleischmann's Rapid Rise. There may be other brands out there but you'll have to read the fine print to make sure it's instant. The non-diastatic malt powder proved harder to find. I used sugar (the recipe says it can be used as a substitute) but after a few online searches I managed to track some down at a local brewery supply store; I'll use it in my next batch. And now for the baking part, in a conventional oven the crackers are baked at 350¼F for 20 minutes, then the oven is turned off, after 15 minutes the door is opened and the crackers are left in the oven to cool completely. In the Sun Oven I baked mine in three batches, with the glass door latched for the first 30 minutes, then propped open for another 15.
I removed the crackers from the Sun Oven to finish cooling. The first batch came out a little too chewy, the second was better, but the third was by far the best. It took me until the third batch to realize that the goal was to dry the crackers out without burning them and it just so happens that Sun Oven can also be a food dehydrator.
I'm going to try fitting all the crackers in the cooking chamber in one go next time. I'll have to stack the trays to do this. After the initial baking, which will probably be longer with the cooking chamber full, I'll prop the door open and focus the Sun Oven slightly away from the sun to finish up. I'm pretty sure this will work.
This Sun Oven Oat Crackers recipe is from the Sun Oven Cooking Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.
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