solid crackers, broken body

i fell yet again on my bike. seriously whats my deal. i somehow managed to fall chest first onto my handlebar, bruising my sternum and spraining my ankle. i'm seriously damaged goods, you couldn't get pennies for me at this point.

while limping around and in between icing my wounds i went ahead and made crackers. it must be their brittle composition that inspired me with all my injuries to go ahead and undertake these square munchies.

crackers are one of the easiest things to bake at home and can be spruced up thousands of ways by incorporating herbs, seeds, or grains into the formula. even with all these options i went ahead and made a simple whole wheat butter cracker.

i have made crackers in the past with just water, flour, salt and maybe a bit of oil. this produces something very similar to those pale round crackers (water crackers) that can be found on cheese plates at any social event. this time i wanted to see if i could get a nice crumbly texture by rubbing in some butter the same way pie dough is made. I was fairly happy with the results, but i'd like to hear some other opinions, so give this recipe a try.

what you'll need:
-6oz (1 1/4c) whole wheat pastry flour (use regular whole wheat flour if you can't
find pastry flour)
-1/2tsp salt
-1oz (2tbsp) cold butter
-1.5oz (5tbsp) cold water

1. sift flour and salt together.
2. using a cheese grater, grate butter.
3. with your hands rub the grated butter into the flour until the flour has the consistency of corn meal.
4. when the butter is fully incorporated drizzle water over the flour and slowly bring the dough together until just combined, making sure not to overwork it.
5. flatten down the dough and let it rest in the fridge for 20min.
6. roll out dough into a rectangle, keeping it within the size of your baking sheet, until its an 1/8in thick.
7. cut into squares or keep dough whole and place on parchment lined baking sheet.
8. poke holes all over dough with a tooth pick (this is especially important if the dough is left in one piece).
9. place in a 425 degree oven for 8-10min rotating the pan halfway through (because of the whole wheat it will look a little dark when done)
10. remove from oven and cool on wire rack.