Comments on: Rosemary Raisin Pecan Crisps

By: Crispy Amazingness! « Sweet Leaf

Crispy Amazingness! « Sweet Leaf — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:03:54 +0000

[...] This post is especially for my mother-in-law, and of course anyone else with a love of Raincoast Crisps. We were visiting my in-laws over Easter, and my mother-in-law had a box of these crisps. They are super crunchy, full of yummy nuts, seeds and dried fruits, with a touch of sweetness making them the perfect base for enjoying cheese, hummus, and any other savoury topping. But they are really expensive. Don’t get me wrong, they are all natural and totally worth it, but for those of us who can eat a whole box in one sitting, it can be a pricey habit. I looked at the ingredients on the box, and since they are all natural I recognized, and had on hand, pretty much all the ingredients. And being a baker, I also recognized by the look and consistency of the crackers, that they must be double baked like biscotti. And being resourceful, I headed to the internet to search for a recipe. I found a recipe on a blog and set about making some of these crisps for myself. You can find the original recipe here: Dinner with Julie. [...]

By: David Marks

David Marks — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:08:24 +0000

I was in Trader Joe’s a couple of weeks ago and they were handing out samples of those RainForest crackers with a dab of stilton cheese. It was so good, I immediately picked up some stilton. But when I saw $4 price for a five ounce box of crackers, I deferred. But at home with the stilton, I still had a hankering for the hors· d’oeuvre. I did an on-line search and found this blog and this recipe (enjoyed the movie, Julia and Julia, by the way!). Finally made the crisps. Substituted 1/4 cup rye flour for a quarter cup of the white flour. Used roasted salted sunflower seeds instead of sesame seeds. Used a whole package of Trader Joe’s Rosemary Pecans and Cranberries (.5 oz, 141 g., about 1 and a third cup). That sufficed for my pecans. I omitted the flax. Used about a tablespoon dried rosemary broken up in mortar.

Incredible, outstanding result. THANK YOU!

By: Figs and Olives « zookling

Figs and Olives « zookling — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:45:04 +0000

[...] I had a moment of temporary insanity on a lunch break the other week. I stopped into the grocery store for some fruit and purchased these crackers. I can’t even tell you how much I paid for them. It was inappropriate. Only it turns out that they were so good I needed more. But I could not bring myself to buy another package. Moving from temporary to repeated insanity is something I just can’t get behind. And so began the internet search. It didn’t take me long to come up with this recipe. [...]

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:45:26 +0000

It is good as a quick bread after first bake. So Now I bake 2 batches of them at once and eat one of the batch as fresh bread.

By: Jesseline

Jesseline — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 15:13:38 +0000

I tasted Raincoast Crisps for the first time during the holidays and was immediately smitten. I bought a box, and made this recipe, then had a few people come over to do a blind taste test. The overall reaction was amazement on how similar they tasted, with comments that mine tasted “fresher”. I think I won hands down with your recipe, and I much prefer them over the boxed ones. A definite keeper for years to come!