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A cracker is a flat, dry baked food typically made with flour. Flavorings or seasonings, such as salt, herbs, seeds, or cheese, may be added to the dough or sprinkled on top before baking.[1] Crackers are often branded as a nutritious and convenient way to consume a staple food or cereal grain.

Reproduction of 19th-century hardtack, in the Army (square) and Navy (round) styles
Reproduction of 19th-century hardtack, in the Army (square) and Navy (round) styles
Cracker
Water biscuit crackers with herring and garlic sauce
Place of originVarious
Created byunknown
Main ingredientsFlour, water

Crackers can be eaten on their own, but can also accompany other food items such as cheese or meat slices, fruits, dips, or soft spreads such as jam, butter, peanut butter, pâté, or mousse. Bland or mild crackers are sometimes used as a palate cleanser in food product testing or flavor testing, between samples. Crackers may also be crumbled and added to soup.[2] The modern cracker is somewhat similar to nautical ship's biscuits,[3] military hardtack, chacknels,[4] and sacramental bread. Other early versions of the cracker can be found in ancient flatbreads, such as lavash, pita, matzo, flatbrød, and crisp bread. Asian analogues include papadum and senbei.

The characteristic holes found in many crackers are called "docking" holes. The holes are poked in the dough to stop overly large air pockets from forming in the cracker while baking.


Names


In American English, the name "cracker" usually refers to savory or salty flat biscuits, whereas the term "cookie" is used for sweet items. Crackers are also generally made differently: crackers are made by layering dough, while cookies, besides the addition of sugar, usually use a chemical leavening agent, may contain eggs, and in other ways are made more like a cake.[5] In British English, crackers are sometimes called water biscuits,[6][7] or savory biscuits.


Types


Crackers come in many shapes and sizes, such as round, rectangular, triangular, or irregular. Crackers sometimes have cheese or spices as ingredients, or even chicken stock, such as In a Biskit, which is sold internationally with various flavors.

Saltines and oyster crackers are often used in or served with soup. Similar crackers include cream crackers and water biscuits.

Cheese crackers are prepared using cheese as a main ingredient. Commercial examples include Cheez-It, Cheese Nips and Goldfish.

Graham crackers and digestive biscuits are also treated more like cookies than crackers, although they were both invented for their supposed health benefits, and graham crackers are sweet.


Brands


Cracker brands include Bremner Wafers, Captain's Wafers, Cheese Nips, Club Crackers, Goldfish crackers, In a Biskit, Jacob's, Ritz Crackers, Town House crackers, Triscuit, TUC, and Wheat Thins, among others.




See also



References




Media related to Crackers (food) at Wikimedia Commons


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- [en] Cracker (food)

[es] Cracker (alimento)

Una cracker, también conocido en Argentina como galletita de agua, galletita salada o masita seca (según la región) es un tipo de galleta horneado habitualmente con masa de harina sin levadura y elaborado con diversas formas, tamaños y sabores (y colores). Se aromatiza o condimenta con sal en la masa tanto como con hierbas, semillas o queso, espolvoreado encima luego de hornear. Los crackers son un alimento básico nutritivo y fácil de usar que se almacena y transporta bien. Unos precedentes del cracker moderno están en las galletas náuticas, las hostias. Sus raíces están en los panes planos antiguos como el lavash, chapati, pita, matzá y flatbrød o knäckebröd.

[ru] Крекер

Крекер (англ. cracker) — хрустящее печенье со слоистой структурой и маслянистой поверхностью. Содержит сахара не более 10 %, жира не менее 10 %. Влажность до 7 %. В качестве разрыхлителя могут использоваться дрожжи и (или) химический разрыхлитель[1].



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