Instructions: Cut butter into flour until mixture is like coarse meal. Add all other ingredients, but only enough water to make dough into pastry consistency.

Roll out on a floured surface till very thin (about 3 mm [1/8"] to 6 mm

[1/4"] thick). Cut into small squares, depending on what size you prefer.

Bake on
*unoiled* baking sheets until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Cool on rack.

Yield: 2 dozen. These crackers are very popular in the US for babies, but I have never seen them in the UK. They are delicious spread with cream cheese and apricot preserves-or strawberry, or red currant jelly, etc.

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