Graham crackers layered between yogurt and fruit taste delicious in a parfait. Crushed graham crackers blended with butter and pressed into pie tins, or springform pans make excellent crusts when lightly toasted. While a delicious snack on their own, they also make terrific ingredients for desserts. They also come in smaller bite-size snacks and fun shapes. Today, makers use bleached white flour and blend a variety of flavors including honey, cinnamon, and chocolate. He believed his snack would curb sinful cravings. They were made from whole wheat graham flour with added bran and wheat germs. In the early 1800s, the Presbyterian minister developed the cracker as part of his “Graham Diet” program. When Sylvester Graham first invented the slightly sweetened cracker, he intended it as a health food. It’s National Graham Cracker Day! Hopefully, you saved a few crackers if you were busy making s’mores over the Independence Day holiday.
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