RW Garcia Kale Crackers vs PaleoTwist Kale Crackers

My husband discovered RW Garcia Kale Crackers on sale at Krogers for $4.39, regular price was $4.99. He fell in love with these crackers and started buying them 3 boxes at a time. I must admit that the crackers are pretty good, but I can't see paying $4.39 on sale, for a 6.5 oz. box.

http://rwgarcia.com/products/artisan-crackers/

I set out to find the crackers for a cheaper price, but found them for a much higher price. Amazon carries them for $16.14 for 2 boxes or $8.07 per box. I searched Thrive Market, Sprouts, Wal-Mart, and RW Garcia website and still could not find them except at Krogers and Amazon.

The next step was to try and make these crackers myself, put my PaleoTwist on them. I had to figure out the base and the ingredients for the crackers. The ingredients on the box were; Stone ground white cornmeal, Black Sesame Seeds, Chia Seeds, Flax Seeds, vegetable oil, Kale Flakes, Kale, and sea salt. After weeks of testing and several bad batches, I came up with a good recipe.

PaleoTwist Kale Crackers

Ingredients:
1-1/2 cup white cornmeal
1/4 cup kale flakes
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp. flax seed
2 tbsp. sunflower seeds, slightly ground
2 tbsp. Pumpkin seeds, slightly ground, optional
1 tbsp. chia seeds
1 tsp. pink Himalayan salt
1 cup boiling water

Instructions:

Pick the stems off the kale, place the kale on a foil lined pan.

Bake the kale in a 325 degree oven for 12 minutes or so, until kale is crispy. The kale will shrink up as the water is drawn out of it.

Crush the kale by hand or use a grinder to grind kale into flakes. Boil some water in a small pot. Put all the ingredients , except the oil, into bowl.

Pour about 1 cup of boiling water into dry mixture and stir to combine everything. Then add the olive oil. Form into two balls.

Roll each ball out between two sheets of parchment paper. Roll out to about 1/4 in thickness, use a pizza cutter to score the dough into the size crackers you want. The dough is fragile, handle with care.

Bake in a 325 degree oven until crackers are slightly hard, about 10 minutes. Turn crackers over and bake for another 5 to 6 minutes until the crackers reach your desired crispness.

Let the crackers cool before you try to eat one, they will burn your mouth, believe me, I know. You should have at least 7 to 8 oz. of crackers from the two pans.

The cost of my PaleoTwist Kale Crackers are $1.80 per batch. A savings of $2.59 over crackers from Kroger and $6.07 over the Amazon price. All it takes is a little time and effort to make these tasty crackers. My daughter couldn't stop eating them, there're that good. My husband loves them too, every time he passes by the container, he stops to grab a few.

Loving my new snack.

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