Junk Food Makeover: S’mores

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Making graham crackers healthy, too. (Photo: Trunk Archive/Travis Rathbone)

Want a fantastic way to stay healthy at your Labor Day BBQ? Ditch the sugary corn syrup-filled summer staple for this healthy makeover, made with grass-fed butter and gelatin from pasture raised cows.

Graham Crackers

Ingredients:

  • 1 ¼ cups brown rice flour

  • 1 cup tapioca flour

  • ½ cup coconut sugar

  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

  • 1 pinch of nutmeg

  • 1 teaspoon baking powder

  • ½ teaspoon baking soda

  • 1 pinch of sea salt

  • 7 tablespoons unsalted grass fed butter, cubed, chilled

  • 3 tablespoons honey

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

  • 3 tablespoons almond milk

  • ¼ cup coconut sugar

Yields: 16

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

  • Place brown rice flour, tapioca flour, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda, and sea salt in a food processor. Pulse to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles sand. Add honey, vanilla and almond milk. Pulse until dough forms a ball. If the mix is too dry, add more almond milk.

  • Divide dough in half. 

  • Cover two baking sheets with parchment paper.

  • Dust rolling pin with rice flour. Roll the dough out onto the baking sheet making a rectangle, about 1/8 of an inch thick. Repeat with other half.

  • Using a knife, score the dough on each sheet onto 10 rectangles. Sprinkle lightly with ¼ cup coconut sugar.

  • Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.

  • Remove from oven let cool for 5 minutes then separate cookies.

S’mores

Ingredients:

Method:

  • Roast marshmallows in an open fire.

  • Assemble with a square of chocolate between two graham crackers.

Tricia Williams is a chef and nutrition educator and founder of Food Matters NYC, a customized meal delivery service in Manhattan.

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