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    🏠Home » Recipes » Low Carb/Keto Recipes

    Parmesan Sesame Low-Carb Crackers

    Jan 21, 2010 | Last Updated Apr 10, 2021 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

    Recipe Table of Contents    
    5 from 4 votes

    Perfect for your low-carb or keto diet, these Parmesan Sesame Low-Carb Crackers are just the crispy treat you need. Make them yourself and adjust them to your taste.

    Parmesan Sesame Low Carb Crackers on a white plate

    Table of Contents
    • 👨‍🍳Baking
    • 📖Low Carb Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📖Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

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    Introduction

    This whole thing started with Alton Brown and my DVR recording a Good Eat's where he did crackers.  I do love Alton Brown, and the episode, as always, was interesting and entertaining. But at the time, we were limiting carbohydrate intake — time for an alternative.

    This is a modification of a recipe from Blain's Low Carb Kitchen.  The show has no new episode, but I did enjoy it when it was airing on FIT TV. The original recipe had poppy seeds. I prefer sesame seeds, and I also added salt.

    My Rating

    My rating system. Great 5 out of 5

    These are great crackers.

    👨‍🍳Baking

    The original recipe calls for soy flour, which Blain used extensively to lower carb counts. Any flour or flour substitute can be used. It has been done with good results with standard all propose flour.

    This is always a favorite. It made the rounds through my wife's friends last year. In its lower carb state, there are only approximately 6.6 net carbs for the entire batch.

    Resist the temptation to add more oil or egg to make it less crumbly. I have, and it will just fall apart when rolled.

    📖Low Carb Recipes

    Easy Low Carb Pizza

    Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole

    Garlic Mashed Cauliflower

    Simple Splenda Lemonade

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

    Appetizer and Party Recipes, Low Carb/Keto Recipes
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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    Parmesan cheese with an egg and other ingredients

    Preheat oven to 325° conventional or 300° convection (preferred.)

    mixing soy flour with Parmesan

    Mix all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Be sure to get all the lumps out of the parmesan cheese.

    mixing in egg and oil to dry mix

    Add egg and oil, mix with a wooden spoon (ok, I use my hands). This will be dry and crumbly and barely hold together.

    form the dough into a ball and cut in half

    Form into ball and cut ball in half.

    ball of dough covered with wax paper

    Place half the dough between parchment paper on the bottom and wax paper on top. Roll dough with a rolling pin until dough is about 9" x 11" in size and thin like a cracker. Remove the wax paper.

    sprinkling sesame seeds on the rolled out dough

    Place parchment paper with the rolled out dough on a large cookie sheet. Sprinkle top with more sesame seeds and kosher salt (keep it light).

    raw dough covered with wax paper to pat in the salt and seeds

    Cover with the wax paper again.  Press the salt and sesame seeds into the dough with hand pressure on top of the wax paper.

    cutting raw cracker dough with a pizza cutter

    Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into the size of the cracker you want. Go most of the way through, not all the way.

    baking two trays of crackers in the oven

    Bake each sheet of cracker dough for 20-25 minutes until evenly browned and crisp. (I bake both pans at the same time in a convection oven and rotate the pans at 11 minutes. Then it takes another 12 minutes in our oven.)

    cooked slab of crackers on parchment paper

    Remove from the oven and let cool on the pans.

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    📖Recipe

    Parmesan Sesame Crackers on a white plate

    Parmesan Sesame Low Carb Crackers

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    Perfect for your low-carb or keto diet, these Parmesan Sesame Low-Carb Crackers are just the crispy treat you need. Make them yourself and adjust them to your taste.
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    5 from 4 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes
    Total Time: 35 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 36

    Ingredients

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    • 1 cup Parmesan cheese - grated
    • ¼ cup flour - I used soy but any should do
    • 2 tablespoons olive oil
    • 1 egg white
    • 2 tablespoons Sesame seeds
    • plus more sesame seeds and kosher salt for topping

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 325° conventional or 300° convection (preferred.)
      Parmesan cheese with an egg and other ingredients
    • Mix all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Be sure to get all the lumps out of the parmesan cheese.
      mixing soy flour with Parmesan
    • Add egg and oil, mix with a wooden spoon (ok, I use my hands). This will be dry and crumbly and barely hold together.
      mixing in egg and oil to dry mix
    • Form into ball and cut ball in half.
      form the dough into a ball and cut in half
    • Place half the dough between parchment paper on the bottom and wax paper on top. Roll dough with a rolling pin until dough is about 9" x 11" in size and thin like a cracker. Remove the wax paper.
      ball of dough covered with wax paper
    • Place parchment paper with the rolled out dough on a large cookie sheet. Sprinkle top with more sesame seeds and kosher salt (keep it light).
      sprinkling sesame seeds on the rolled out dough
    • Cover with the wax paper again.  Press the salt and sesame seeds into the dough with hand pressure on top of the wax paper.
      raw dough covered with wax paper to pat in the salt and seeds
    • Use a pizza cutter to cut the dough into the size of the cracker you want. Go most of the way through, not all the way.
      cutting raw cracker dough with a pizza cutter
    • Bake each sheet of cracker dough for 20-25 minutes until evenly browned and crisp. (I bake both pans at the same time in a convection oven and rotate the pans at 11 minutes. Then it takes another 12 minutes in our oven.)
      baking two trays of crackers in the oven
    • Remove from the oven and let cool on the pans.
      cooked slab of crackers on parchment paper
    See the step-by-step photos in the post. Some recipes have an option to display the photos here with a switch above these instructions but the photos DO NOT print.

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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. You may use regular flour but carbs will increase. Almond flour is good.
    2. It is very dry dough and you will be tempted to add some liquid or use the whole egg. Do not, it will fall apart.
    3. Good at room temperature for 2-3 days sealed well. Then they lose their crunch and then mold due to no preservatives. Good refrigerated for a few more days.
    4. Nutrition is calculated on 36 relatively large crackers. It will vary by the size you cut.

    To adjust the recipe size:

    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Calories : 24 kcal (1%) | Carbohydrates : 1 g | Protein : 1 g (2%) | Fat : 2 g (3%) | Saturated Fat : 1 g (5%) | Cholesterol : 2 mg (1%) | Sodium : 46 mg (2%) | Potassium : 6 mg | Fiber : 1 g (4%) | Sugar : 1 g (1%) | Vitamin A : 22 IU | Calcium : 37 mg (4%) | Iron : 1 mg (6%)
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Snack
    Cuisine : American

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    Editor's Note: This recipe was originally published on January  21, 2010. So it is way overdue for a makeover. I have re-edited all the text and images. But the recipe is the same. Please enjoy a wonderful cracker on me.

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    User Submitted Photo - Special thanks to Susan Miller
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Susan

      April 10, 2016 at 9:37 pm

      5 stars
      ok I sent it from yahoo with city in my email address:)
      yea I hope you crop mine lol I just noticed the messy coffee table.. was doing bills...
      and parchment paper is a must for low carb diets and no that's the one thing I didn't have! and I was impatient:) so some of my crackers were broken up but that's the ONLY reason why... I got some perfect squares out :) as you see...I will make again!

      Reply
      • DrDan

        April 10, 2016 at 10:49 pm

        To other readers... see Susan's photo above.

    2. Susan

      April 10, 2016 at 4:14 pm

      5 stars
      sure I even have some cute photos:) not sure how to put them here... or send to you...

      Reply
      • DrDan

        April 10, 2016 at 6:03 pm

        Hi Susan...
        If you have pictures then just send them to DrDan@101cookingfortwo.com. These pictures were take with a 5 year old (at that time) Kodak digital that had a max resolution of 512k... very bad camera but I had it in a junk box in my basement. That was the first month of my hobby blog so I really didn't care much.
        I have gone through 3 cameras since then and now using a Canon 70D... a great camera and I'm good with photoshop now. Those photos were not even edited.

        Dan

    3. Susan

      April 09, 2016 at 8:13 pm

      5 stars
      this was so fun and easy to make! I just made it to exact specifications and mine looks EXACTLY like yours. it is now cooling,cant wait to try it! doing low carb I thought I had nothing to dip into my low carb seafood dip! except celery! now I have crackers! yay!! so many low carb treats are dips. such as cream cheese and sour cream based.mayo,salsa,guacamole..and yet we had nothing to dip INTO them.
      so thank you so much for this!
      only 6 total net carbs for soy flour and LOADED with protein too. cant go wrong. I don't have to be addicted to cheez its anymore!

      Reply
      • DrDan

        April 09, 2016 at 9:47 pm

        I thought this recipe was lost out there but I'm so glad somebody found it. I still occasionally do this with regular wheat flour since I don't low carb as much. It is very popular when I do make it with everybody.
        Thanks for the note and rating
        DrDan

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