Oatmeal Crispbread – Oatmeal Knäckebröd
Oatmeal Crispbread, or Oatmeal Knäckebröd, is crispy, crunchy and lightly honey-sweetened. Fiber-rich with rolled oats and whole wheat flour, this could be your new favorite bread for a healthy snack or light lunch.
Obviously, the term “healthy” may mean different things to different people depending on their dietary needs and taste.
To me, a healthy bread should have whole grain, be minimally sweet and low in fat.
In researching this recipe, I found MANY variations of Crispbread, or Knäckebröd, to sort through, both in my cookbooks and on-line.
Some had a little fat and chemical leavening, some were essentially just flour and water and some were made from a yeast dough. Some were rolled thicker for a chewy bread texture and some were rolled paper thin for a cracker texture.
My head was spinning from all the possibilities, but I focused in on a few basics as a starting point. I found a couple of recipes that included buttermilk. Since I can never pass up a recipe with buttermilk, that’s where I started.
Scroll through the step by step photos to see how to make Oatmeal Crispbread:
If you store the Oatmeal Knäckebröd in an air tight container they should keep for a couple of weeks. We had ours in the cookie jar for over a week and they stayed crisp and delicious.
Through my recipe testing for Crispbreads I also created a recipe for Sourdough Rye Crispbread.
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Oatmeal Crispbreads (Oatmeal Knäckebröd)
Ingredients
- 3 oz all purpose flour (¾ cup, see note)
- 3 ½ oz rolled oats (1 cup)
- 3 oz whole wheat flour (¾ cup)
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 3 oz unsalted butter (room temp)
- ½ oz granulated sugar (1 tablespoon)
- ¾ oz honey (1 tablespoon)
- 6 oz buttermilk (¾ cup)
- roughly chopped oats for finishing
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F. Have two half sheet pans and two half sheets of parchment or silicone baking mats ready.
- In a large bowl, whisk together 3 oz all purpose flour, 3 ½ oz rolled oats, 3 oz whole wheat flour, 1 teaspoon table salt, and ½ teaspoon baking soda. In a separate bowl, cream together 3 oz unsalted butter, ½ oz granulated sugar and ¾ oz honey until light and fluffy.
- Alternate adding the dry ingredients and 6 oz buttermilk to batter. Mix just until combined. The dough should be similar in texture to biscuit dough.
- Divide dough into 2 portions. Roll each piece to a rectangle about ¼" thick, using enough flour to keep it from sticking to the surface.
- Transfer the dough to a ½ sheet parchment paper and continue rolling until the dough is ⅛" thick and is the size of the paper (see note). Trim the edges to make a neat rectangle.
- Sprinkle chopped oats over the surface and press them into the dough. Prick the dough all over with a fork. Score dough into 16 rectangles, or to your desired cracker size.
- Bake about 15-20 minutes until golden brown and crisp. Cool on a rack for 5 minutes before breaking along scores. It's easier to break the crackers when they're still slightly warm.
- Store in a sealed container.
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I just made them but I made them thicker. They burned and they aren’t that crispy how it should be but they’re still edible 🙂
If you roll them thicker then they won’t be as crisp and they probably burned because they had to bake longer. Try rolling them to 1/8″ next time and you should get better results.
Hi,
I was wondering if the first recipe you tried is available. I am looking for a softer version for my daughter to use in place of traditional bread in sandwiches.
– thank you
Haley
Hi Haley. I don’t have the exact starting recipe. I don’t keep every version of a recipe as I work. I just edit as I make changes. The best I recommend would be to use vegetable oil instead of butter, use 2 tablespoons of honey instead of honey and sugar. You can up the buttermilk to a cup. I think you’ll probably end up with a dough similar to biscuit or scone dough. Try rolling the dough a little thicker and see how it turns out.
what a great snack and yours came out perfect – looks factory made
Thanks, Mireille!
These crispbread look so so so good. I should try and bake them at home as the imported ones we get here are frightfully expensive. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Thanks, Mayuri!
Wow, I’m very impressed. These look incredible.
Thanks, Wendy!
These crackers look wonderful! I will need to make these soon.
Thanks, Kristyn!
I never do crispbread. Your recipe is fantastic, i ll do it soon.
Thanks!
I cannot wait to try this! This was a staple on my Swedish grandparents table growing up.
Thanks, Erin. Quite a few of the recipes I found through my research were on Swedish cultural websites. They are really tasty. I need to make another batch since we’ve finished them off.
LOVE the rye version, so I bet the oat version is even better
I love both versions!
Wow! Eileen! These crisp breads are beautiful! I would certainly enjoy these smeared with nut butter and drizzled with honey!
Thanks, Anne.
Love the look of these and I love baking with butter, will give these a go!
Thanks, Pam. I made them with oil the first time, but they were better with butter (what isn’t?).
Wow, those crispbread look just so perfect Eileen. They are great as an afternoon snack. I’ll have to try these out sometime.
Thanks, Pavani!
These crackers look so yummy. And easy. Who knew it could be easy like this. I can’t wait to try making these crackers!
Thanks, Elaine!
Such incredible crisps you got there! LOVED every bit of the crisps and all the clicks. Healthy, yummy and so easy to make.
Thanks, Smruti!
Perfect and healthy for snacking or with a hot cup of coffee.
Yes, we’ve been enjoying them all week.
These are great for entertaining or snacking!
Thanks, Cindy.
These are pretty incredible looking. Yours are perfectly uniform! You are so talented! Can’t wait to try these!
Thanks, Karen. I did trim the dough so they’d be fairly uniform, but of course I chose the prettiest ones to photograph and the wonkiest ones for tasting!