I’ve been asked quite a few times if the cracker recipes on the blog work with gluten-free flour. Now I’ve finally had the chance to give it a try. And it works, however the measurements had to be adapted. I’ve made these vegan & gluten-free crackers with chickpea flour, which is often also called besan flour or garbanzo flour. These are super delicious and crispy, however I’d only recommend these crackers to you if you like chickpeas and the taste of chickpeas. Because the chickpea flour has a strong chickpea-taste (duh) :) I liked them a lot and I think they turned out great, they’re the perfect snack for people who do not want or can’t do gluten.
Feel free to serve the Crackers with Guacamole or Hummus (more chickpea goodness! ^.^).
I’ve added black sesame seeds into the dough because I like my crackers to have little cute spots, but of course you can leave those out completely or sub them with flax seeds, dried herbs, … there are so many possibilities!
Roll the dough out on a baking paper, but I’d suggest placing a second baking paper on top, because the gluten-free dough is stickier than the dough that I usually use for crackers.
Cutting them with a pizza cutter is the easiest and fastest method. Cut the rolled out dough lengthwise and widthwise! Don’t worry if the pieces have different sizes, I think it looks great and gives the crackers an additional homemade touch. But make sure they all have same thickness in order to bake them evenly.
These crackers are so easy to make and they take only about 25 minutes! Perfect for spontaneous guests or as a healthy gluten-free snack!
- 1 cup / 100g chickpea/besan/garbanzo flour
- 1 tablespoon / 15g black sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon / 4g baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil, melted
- a bit less than ¼ cup / 40ml water
- Pre-heat the oven to 400°F/200°C.
- In a bowl add in the dry ingredients, mix, add in the oil and then slowly add the water until you can form a dough like in the photo. Mix and knead with your hand until it's smooth.
- Between two baking sheets roll out the dough until thin and evenly.
- Cut it with a pizza cutter length- and widthwise.
- Bake them in the oven for about 20 minutes (until they get crispy) and serve :)
Should you decide to give this gluten-free Chickpea Crackers a try I’d love to hear how it went! Write me a comment or post a picture on instagram, use the hashtag #elephantasticvegan and tag me via @elephantasticvegan to make sure I’ll see it ^.^ I love to see all your lovely creations! Thanks! <3
I obviously would have laughed at my major failure! It was bad….
I’ll have to go off your recipe next time I get up the courage to try ;)
I had a terrible gluten-free cracker fail too! But these chickpea crackers turned out nice and crunchy :)
Ooooh, die hören sich einfach fantastisch an. Ich LIEBE deine Rezepte, jedes einzelne davon. ❤️
Das freut mich so! Vielen Dank, Diana! <3
I’ve been waiting for this day for so long!! Bianca has answered my GF savory snacking wishes yippeeeeee! I always forget about chickpea flour as a gf flour, but the flavor is perfectly suited to crackers I think. I love the black sesame seeds too, it’s like your signature look at this point :) Can’t wait to try them!
I’m glad you’re excited about the recipe, Natalie! Have you ever tried papadum (crispy indian flatbread usually made with lentil flour)? These chickpea crackers remind me a bit of them. Chickpea flour is a staple in my household (for all the chickpea omelettes, crepes, tortilla espanolas,…). It’s the nastiest flour raw, but fully cooked through it’s magic :)
Nope haven’t tried papadum. I haven’t worked with any sort of legume flour actually. Yes I can imagine they would be not so good raw :p I follow a woman on IG who grinds all of her own flours from just about every legume imaginable. I think I will start with just chickpea though :)
Chickpea crackers!!! I must try this. Struggling to find a snack for work. Fruit makes my stomach upset (reflux). So this would save me. ;) xx
Let me know if you try them, Eva :)
I shouldn’t eat too much raw fruits too because I get stomachache from the fructose, so fruit-free snacking is my passion :D
Once you have cut them do you transfer them to another baking sheet or cook them on the first sheet. Thanks
I bake them on the same sheet on which I cut them. But it depends, if the parchment paper has a lot of cuts, it’s probably a good idea to transfer them to a new one, otherwise it might be hard to get them off the parchment paper afterwards. :)
hello, I like your recipe so much but i had a problem :( when i made it , it was so hard to eat . can u tell me where is the problem ? i want to make something flaky or at least easy to eat
thanks in advanced
Hi rawiah, these shouldn’t be too hard to eat. They probably have not been rolled out thin enough (or they were too long in the oven). If the crackers are thicker (not as thin), then they get harder to eat. Hope they turn out better next time! :)
These were delicious! Thank you for the recipe! My husband liked them too :)
Oops sorry I meant to leave that as a new comment not a reply to another comment.
Oh, that’s great to hear! Yeay!
Approximately how many crackers does this recipe make? Excited to try these 😊
A small bowl full of crackers, there are about 7*8 rows, so approximately 55 cracker! Depending on how thin you roll it out and how large you cut the cracker ;) Hope you like it!
can’t wait to try them, Even though I’m on a strict detox at the moment like Paleo , but no fructose and no grain,,
I actually tasted home made bread in a wood oven with the chickpea flour ,black seasame seed and cummin the taste and texture was unbelievable ,,never knew it existed ,
I do use a lot of black sesame seeds, sesame seeds and aniseed mixed together and rolled in my Greek rusks, I’m going to try and experiment small amount with the chickpea flour as well,
Thank u
the bread sounds lovely, Irene! Hope you like the crackers :)
Can I leave out the oil?
I haven’t tried making these gluten-free crackers oil-free yet, so I’m not sure if they work without the oil, but let me know if you give it a try! :)