These elegant, crispy ancient grains gourmet crackers pair so well with soft goat cheese and they will be the star on your cheese board. We have used whole grain Kamut® flour, einkorn all-purpose flour and rolled spelt flakes. We also included a good portion of dried Calimyrna figs, raisins and roasted walnuts, plus a variety of seeds.
Preheat oven to 350˚F. Coat three small loaf pans generously with cooking spray. Using 3 empty clean 10.5 ounce tomatoes with chiles cans (label removed) measure parchment paper and form a tube with it to fit inside the can. Cut a circle of parchment paper to fit the bottom inside of the can. Spray the can and the parchment liner with cooking spray. Reserve
To a large mixing bowl, add the flour, spelt flakes, baking soda, salt and ground cumin and whisk to combine.
Add the figs, raisins, walnuts and the seeds to the mixing bowl and toss to combine Reserve.
In a medium-size bowl, whisk the yogurt, milk, honey and oil together and add to the flour mixture. Using a stiff spatula or wooden spoon, combine the ingredients, scraping the bottom and sides well to incorporate the flour mixture well.
Divide the batter into the prepared containers, pressing into the corners and smoothing the tops, set them on a baking sheet and transfer to the middle of the oven. Bake for 25-30 minute to a golden brown and a testing pick comes clean when inserted into the middle of a loaf.
Transfer the loaves to a cooling rack and allow to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from the pans and allow to finish cooling. Place the cooled loaves into the freezer for 1 1/2 hours to partially freeze in order to slice easier.
Preheat the oven to 250°F Line 2-3 baking sheets with parchment paper and reserve.
With a sharp knife, cut the loaves into 1/8-inch slices, or as thinly as possible. Place the slices on the baking sheets, transfer to the oven and bake for 25, turn the crackers over and continue to bake for an additional 20 minutes until crisp.
Remove the baking sheets from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack, they will continue to crisp as they cool. Store in an airtight container until serving.
Notes
I used 10-ounce cans of Ro*Tel tomato/green chilies for the round crackers but the cans must be lined with parchment paper tubes.
If baking more than one baking sheet of sliced crackers at one time, alternate the pans at the half-way point when the crackers are flipped.