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Snack Mix-Style Sesame Sticks
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Josh J.
January 22, 2020
I can contest that the groats are crunchy and perfect. Great recipe!
I doubled the sesame seeds, needing a reason to try to plow thru a 4-lb bucket of seeds. I also found that instead of sprinkling seeds on the oil-brushed sticks before baking, they stuck better if i tossed the finished sticks with a swizzle of honey and more sesame seeds, then let them dry out a bit.
Finally, my oven might be finicky, but I found that 400 deg burned a quarter of them before another quarter turned brown at all. I ended up putting them in at 350 for almost twice the time, watching, and got a much more even brown. This was *after* 15 minutes at 400, mind you.
Way better than store-bought!
I doubled the sesame seeds, needing a reason to try to plow thru a 4-lb bucket of seeds. I also found that instead of sprinkling seeds on the oil-brushed sticks before baking, they stuck better if i tossed the finished sticks with a swizzle of honey and more sesame seeds, then let them dry out a bit.
Finally, my oven might be finicky, but I found that 400 deg burned a quarter of them before another quarter turned brown at all. I ended up putting them in at 350 for almost twice the time, watching, and got a much more even brown. This was *after* 15 minutes at 400, mind you.
Way better than store-bought!
Bascula
February 17, 2017
Wouldn't the groats be really hard in this recipe? I am trying to think of something I could substitute for them anyway, so I don't have to go out and buy an ingredient. Suggestions? some form of oats?
Sarah J.
February 17, 2017
They're (surprisingly) not too hard—I got the idea from Dorie Greenspan, who uses groats in her multigrain chocolate chip cookies. You should look for medium granulation groats (not the large kind), but if you don't want to go buy them (and who can blame you...), you can substitute chopped nuts or cracked wheat. I think rolled oats would work well, too! The texture of your crackers will be a little different, but they'll still be tasty.
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