Pepper crackers

Yield: 2 Sheets

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c Flour
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 ts Plus 1 tsp. or MORE to taste Freshly ground BLACK PEPPER *coarsley grd. not too fine
2 tb Vegetable oil
7 tb To 9 T. cold tap water

Instructions:

Source: "What to Cook:When you think there is nothing in the house to eat" Author: Arthur Schwartz This is an unbelievably quick fix for a cocktail or soup

accompaniment. Makes 2 approximately 12x8-inch sheets ======================================================= ================== 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. In a medium mixing bowl stir together the flour salt and pepper. 3. Add the oil and stir until mixture resembles fine meal. 4. With a fork stir in the cold water using just enough to make the dough gather into a ball. 5. Divide the dough in half and on a well-floured board roll out each half as thinly as possible into a rough rectangle that fits on a baking sheet. 6. Place dough on baking sheet and if you want neat-looking crackers score it into squares or diamonds. 7. Bake for 25-30 minutes turning after 15 minutes. Dough should be a pale brown and snap not bend. 8. Break into crackers or irregular pieces. Can be stored in a tin. Variations: Instead of black pepper season with hot red pepper flakes or any other spice that seems appropriate to the crackers' eventual use. Or after the dough has been transferred to a baking sheet sprinkle with coarse salt and press lightly into the top. From the recipes file of suzy@gannett.infi.net