Maybe this is why we should just stick with buying Saltines

I had this "brilliant" idea yesterday to make homemade crackers to go along with our chili for dinner. And I thought I’d found the perfect recipe.

I was all excited to tell you about this new frugal idea–so quick and easy, so much better than store-bought, and as frugal as it gets. Only my homemade crackers were nothing but a complete flop.

I followed this recipe exactly, but it turned out too dry. Like this…

I had to add quite a bit more oil and water to make it even somewhat able to be rolled out. The dough still really fought the rolling pin, though, and I finally just ended up pressing them down on a cookie sheet with my hands.

And then I baked them for the time recommended they ended up burning quite badly. So badly, in fact, that they weren’t really even edible. Unless burned sandpaper is now considered "edible."

I guess my homemade cracker experiment can be chalked up to another frugal failure. Yep, right up there with washing our laundry in cold water.