Miso Sesame Crackers

Name: Miso Sesame Crackers
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: all-purpose flour 160 g; white miso 22 g; sesame oil 18 ml; water 55 ml; sesame seeds 18 g; sugar 8 g; baking soda 1 g; salt 1 g

Quick answer

Total time: 29 min
Level: Easy
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients: 8

About this dish

White miso, toasted sesame oil, and whole sesame seeds go into these thin crackers with only a pinch of sugar, and salty, nutty flavors come before sweet.

Stop handling the dough as soon as it comes together. Kneading builds elasticity, which makes it resist rolling thin and bakes into a harder bite. Fresh from the oven they can feel slightly soft, and they crisp as they cool.

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Instructions

6 steps

1

Preheat the oven to 175C and line a tray with parchment.

In a bowl, whisk the 160 g flour with the sugar, baking soda, and salt so the small amounts are evenly distributed before any liquid goes in.
2

In a small bowl, loosen the 22 g white miso with the 18 ml sesame oil, then stir in the 55 ml water.

Smooth out visible lumps so the salty miso flavor spreads through the dough evenly.
3

Pour the miso mixture into the dry ingredients and stir with a spatula until shaggy.

Press briefly by hand just until it holds together as one dough, stopping before it becomes elastic or tough.
4

Fold in the 18 g sesame seeds, then place the dough between two parchment sheets.

Roll from the center outward to an even 2 mm or thinner, checking the edges because thick spots will bake chewy.
5

Peel off the top parchment, cut the sheet into squares, and dock each piece closely with a fork so steam can escape without forming large bubbles.
6

Bake at 175C for 12 minutes, then check the edge color.

Rotate the tray if the edges brown first and bake 1 to 2 minutes more, then cool completely on the tray until the crackers snap cleanly.