These tigernut flour crackers are thin and crispy and have a nutty, buttery flavor (although they're both nut free and dairy free). They're made from tigernut flour, seeds and spices. Furthermore, this healthy cracker recipe is free from top allergens, paleo, vegan, nut-free and has no added sugar.
One of my favorite paleo baking flours is tigernut flour. Over the years, I've slowly created more and more recipes with this grain free flour. I particularly love my pumpkin cake, tigernut blueberry muffins, and fudgy tigernut brownies. These tigernut flour crackers are another favorite!
These crackers are thin and crispy with a slightly sweet, nutty flavor. They're great for packing in school lunches since they're allergy friendly (no nuts, gluten, dairy or eggs).
My kids love them plain, but we also enjoy eating them with mashed avocado, topped with cream cheese or eaten with salami and cheese.
Why You'll Love these Tigernut Flour Crackers
- paleo and vegan friendly - made with simple, minimally processed ingredients you can feel good about.
- nut free - made with a combination of tigernut flour, tapioca starch and seeds.
- gluten and grain free - made without wheat flour
- easy to make - combine ingredients for the dough, roll out, cut and bake!
Ingredients
You can find the full recipe for these paleo tigernut crackers in the recipe card below, but here's an overview of the ingredients you'll need:
- tigernut flour - since these are tigernut crackers
- raw sunflower seeds - I recommend raw because many roasted sunflower seeds are baked in seed oils.
- tapioca starch - needed for the proper cracker texture.
- chia seeds - optional, but adds fiber and texture.
- sesame seeds - optional for flavor. You can leave out the sesame seeds if you have an allergy or don't have any on hand.
- dried herbs - I used dried basil and thyme, but you can swap these with any of your favorite herbs.
- salt - enhances the flavors.
- olive oil - for texture
- water - moistens the dough
How to Make Tigernut Flour Crackers
These homemade tigernut crackers come together quickly. All you need to make them are the listed ingredients, a food processor, parchment paper, a rolling pin and a baking sheet to bake the crackers in your oven. Here are the steps:
- First, preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a food processor, combine the tigernut flour, sunflower seeds, tapioca starch, chia seeds, sesame seeds, basil, thyme and salt. Process the ingredients to a fine flour.
- Next, add in the olive oil and water. Process the mixture until well combined.
- Use your hands to roll the mixture into a ball, then flatten it on a sheet of parchment paper. Place another sheet of parchment paper on top and roll the dough between the parchment until the dough is about ⅛" thick (or thinner).
- Use a knife or pizza cutter to cut the dough into cracker shapes.
- Next, transfer the crackers (on the parchment) to a baking sheet. Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Then, flip the crackers and cook another 3-5 minutes.
- After baking, let the crackers cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes then transfer them to a wire cooling rack.
- Cool completely before placing them in a sealed storage container.
Storage
These paleo cracker are best stored in an air-tight container at room temperature. They are best eaten within a week.
FAQ
Tigernut flour comes from tigernuts, which are small, round root vegetables. They have a naturally sweet taste and hard, rough outer shell. In addition, tigernuts are rich in prebiotic fiber, making them beneficial for the gut.
Tigernut flour is made from peeled tigernuts that have been ground into a fine flour. It is naturally gluten free, grain free, paleo and vegan friendly.
As gluten and grain free baking has become more popular, more and more tigernut flours have become available. The two brands I recommend include:
Anthony’s Organic Tigernut Flour
Organic Gemini Tigernut Flour
Both of these brands produce a high quality, finely ground, organic tigernut flour. I've had great success in baking with each of these products.
More Paleo Cracker Recipes
Tigernut Flour Crackers (Nut Free)
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 13 min
- Total Time: 28 minutes
- Yield: 2 dozen crackers 1x
Description
Nut free crackers made with tigernut flour and seeds. These crackers have a slightly sweet, nutty flavor and crunchy texture.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup tigernut flour (36g)
- ¼ cup raw sunflower seeds
- 2 Tbsp tapioca starch
- 1 tsp chia seeds
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 1 tsp dried basil
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 Tbsp water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In your food processor, combine all the dry cracker ingredients. Blend to a fine powder.
- Add in the wet ingredients. Blend until the mixture is well combined.
- Remove the dough from your food processor and roll it into a ball, then flatten it on a sheet of parchment paper. Place another sheet of parchment paper on top of the dough and (using a rolling pin) roll it to about ⅛" thick.
- Remove the top layer of parchment and cut the crackers into squares using a knife or pizza cutter.
- Transfer the crackers (on parchment) to a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, remove the crackers from the oven and flip them*
- Place them back in the oven and bake another 3-5 minutes.
- After baking, remove the crackers from the oven and cool them to room temperature on a wire cooling rack.
- Storage: place crackers in an air-tight container in the pantry for up to one week.
Notes
*Cooking time may vary depending on cracker thickness.
Katie
My family and I love this tigernut flour cracker recipe and we hope you all do too!
Noelle F
These crackers are SO yummy! I am so grateful for this nut free cracker version due to an allergy. I sub the tapioca starch for sweet potato starch due to dietary restrictions. Works like a charm. I recently made these for a charcuterie board for Thanksgiving. Such a win! Thanks for this great recipe.
Katie
Oh wonderful! I'm so happy that swapping with potato starch worked well! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review 🙂