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These easy thin and crispy Swedish crispbreads are great with any savory spread or topping. Try them with your favorite cheese and this green tomato chilli chutney for a simple but very satisfying snack.
What is Swedish crisp bread?
Swedish crisp bread is a flat, thin and light weight savory cracker called “knackebrod”.
Crispbread or knackebrod is a staple food in Scandinavia and eaten alongside most meals. Swedes see it as a type of bread and serve it for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as a snack in between meals.
There are many different variations of crisp bread. Plain rye cracker is the most traditional one but different variants of seeds, herbs and spices are now very common as well.
Check out my fluffy focaccia recipe for another great bread recipe
Ingredients for this recipe
- plain flour
- sunflower seeds
- flax seeds
- sunflower oil
- hot water
- flaky sea salt
This knacke brod recipe is the ultimate seed cracker. Full of crunchy sunflower and flax seeds.
How to make Sunflower seed crackers
These crispbread crackers are easy to make.
- Simply mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Add oil and water.
- Mix to a dough.
- Spread out and roll thin on a baking tray.
- Bake in the oven until crisp and golden.
Tips making crispy seed crackers
use parchment paper both over and under the dough to roll it out evenly. This prevents the dough from sticking to your rolling pin
- Score the dough before baking.
- No need to cut right through, scoring keeps them flat and still able to cut or break them to the same shape once cooked.
This Swedish cracker bread has a lovely crunch and salty hint.
They keeps well in an air tight container.
Growing up in Sweden I have eaten and baked many different flavors of knackebrod. This seed crispbread is my favorite kind. The recipe is very simple, therefor I make them regularly at home and often have some on hand for an easy and healthy snack. They are crunchy and slightly salty with an excellent mix of flavors and textures from the seeds.
Crisp bread are popular across Scandinavia and in other European countries.
Sweden have long traditions in crispbread consumption and I have memories eating them with most meals growing up.
I especially love these crunchy seed crackers served with my grandmas nettle soup and my roast garlic cream soup. A delicious, healthy and satisfying lunch
What to serve with sunflower seed crackers
- excellent with any of your favorite dips
- ultimate accompaniment to a charcuterie or cheese board
- great with any savory spread or topping
- serve them as a side dish to compliment your soup or salad
Why you love this recipe
- Quick and easy to make
- healthy and nutritious
- excellent combination of flavors and textures
- ultimate simple nutritious snack
Try making these simply seed crackers at home. I’m sure you love them!
kåldolmar – Swedish stuffed cabbage rolls is another great Swedish recipe you may like
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Sunflower seed crackers (Swedish crisp bread)
These Swedish seed crackers (knacke brod) are light and crisp, full of nutritious seeds, super easy to make and taste delicious!
This recipe uses lots of seeds, which makes them tasty and nutritious.
swedish sunflower seed crackers
swedish crackers recipe
Instructions
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swedish cracker recipe
- Oven 150 C
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- Mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Add oil and water.
- Mix to a dough.
- Roll out the dough on a baking sheet with another baking sheet on top. It needs to be an even layer.
- Put on an oven tray and mark squares with a knife. It doesn’t have to be cut all the way through.
- Sprinkle with flaky sea salt.
- Bake in the oven for 1 hour.
- Once cool brake pieces where the marks are.
- Enjoy!
I stumbled across your recipe. I was looking for a nice recipe for these crackers for quite some times. I’ve had something similar in Sweden and I absolutely loved it. Really good!
love the idea of making my own crackers and I honestly thought they were more complicated.
These were easier than I expected. I love all the seeds. Have you ever tried them with sourdough discard? I have so much of that in my fridge that I need to use up 😁
Yes they are very easy! I never tried them with sourdough discard but it probably will work. Just adjust the flour and water slightly until you get the right dough consistency. I have eaten sourdough crisp bread before and it’s beautiful! Let me know if you try it and how it went please. I’m interested to find out!
Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful recipe! Can’t wait to make some crackers!
Thanks Ani! I hope you like them!
So delicious! Couldn’t stop eating them!
Thanks Lex! I’m glad you liked them!
Wow so amazing I have been looking for something to spread my cheeses on.
Thanks Tim! I’m happy you liked it! These crackers are perfect with cheese.
LOVE this recipe, thank you for sharing!
Thanks Lainey! I’m glad you like it!