Kathleen Anninos Cape Cod Comman Crackers

• 1 12 teaspoons yeast
• 1 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 12 teaspoons lemon juice
• 12 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup bread flour
• 1 14 cups bread flour
• 6 tablespoons lard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon instant potato flakes
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 12 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 2 cups bread flour

1. Making the starter: Whisk 1st 6 ingredients together into a batter and store for 2 days.
2. It will rise, go down and then separate.
3. Making the cracker dough: Knead enough flour into 1 cup of starter dough to make a firm ball of dough.
4. Cover and let rise 1 hour.
5. In another bowl, mix the lard, salt, potato flakes, brown sugar and baking soda
6. Mix in lemon juice and 3 tablespoons water.
7. Knead this liquid into dough using paddle attachment of mixer.
8. Add more flour changing to dough hook as dough stiffens.
9. After 5 minutes you should have a stiff smooth ball of dough.
10. Rolling out dough: Cut the dough into 1/4s.
11. One at time, roll dough into a rectangle 3/8-inch thick.
12. Starting at one end, put through pasta roller.
13. Fold in thirds like a business letter.
14. Give a quarter turn and roll again.
15. Repeat the process 6 times.
16. going down to position # 6 on machine.
17. Use as little flour as possible.
18. The final dough should be 1/4 inch thick.
19. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
20. Cut 1 1/2 inch rounds.
21. Press tines of table fork through the rounds in 2 places.
22. Arrange on parchment paper.
23. Bake 8 minutes until the crackers have risen and are light golden brown.
24. Lower the temperature to 200 degrees and then let the crackers dry out in oven for 2 hours.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/kathleen-anninos-cape-cod-comman-crackers-151237 (may not work)