Fire crackers Recipe

This spicy little saltine or Fire Crackers Recipe is all of the flavor but half of the sodium.

Spicy Saltine Fire Crackers Recipe: Simple is Better

Whether you call these yummy little snacks, fire crackers, Alabama Fire Crackers or just Baked crackers, you know when you have a basket full of them, they will be devoured.

I take the basic recipe and cut the sodium in half, but keep all of the flavor and heat.

Ingredients in Spicy Saltine Fire Crackers:

• box of saltine crackers
• salt, pepper, cumin, red peppers flakes, cayenne pepper, Italian herbs
• garlic powder and onion powder
• olive oil

Equipment needed:

• gallon size x zip top bag
• rimmed baking sheets- buy my favorite HERE

Why you do not need ranch dressing to make Spicy Crackers:

In the other online versions of this recipe, they use a whopping 2 cups of olive oil and 4 TBSP of ranch dressing. That means a typical serving of 10 crackers will have 760mg of sodium and 41.8 grams of fat. .

My version is every bit as flavorful but has only 400 mg of sodium and 21 grams of fat. And chances are- you probably have all the ingredients in your pantry.

How to serve Fire Crackers:

• serve with dips like my Spinach Dip
• with your favorite seafood chowder
• delicious with chili
• alongside Roasted 4 Tomato Soup
• perfect with a refreshing cocktail like Big Sky Ranch Water OR
• Spiked Chai Lemonade

Other spices to add to this Fire Cracker Recipe:

• Moroccan- add turmeric, cumin, harissa and red pepper flakes
• Greek- dried dill, crushed rosemary, thyme and oregano
• Southern BBQ- chili spice, cumin, mustard powder, paprika, onion and garlic powder and cayenne pepper

Fire Crackers Recipe

Recipe by Meggen Arthur Wilson Course: party food, most popular recipesCuisine: SouthernDifficulty: Easy

Servings

10

servings

Prep time

2

hours 

Cooking time

15

minutes

Calories

329

kcal

A hot little saltine cracker that marinates in a spice and olive oil mix then baked until golden brown.

Ingredients

• 16 oz saltine crackers

• 1-2 cups olive oil

• 1/2 tsp kosher salt

• 1/2 tsp black pepper

• 1 tsp Italian seasonings

• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 1 tsp onion powder

• 1/2 tsp cumin

Directions

• Pour olive oil in a zip top bag. Add in the spices and herbs and shake well to blend
• Add the sleeves of saltine crackers to the olive oil. Seal well
• Gently rotate the crackers in the bag every 30 minutes for about 2 hours. You can leave the saltines to marinate overnight.
• Pre heat oven to 250 degrees.
  Remove the crackers from the bag and lay out in a single layer on a rimmed baking sheet.
• Bake the crackers until golden brown for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
• Serve the crackers in a paper napkin lined basket.

Recipe Video

Notes

• If you have extra olive oil, save it and use it as a salad dressing
• you can let the crackers marinate in the oil for 2 hours up to overnight. They will be more oily if left overnight to marinate.
• Do not use high quality olive oil- you need 1-2 cups so a store brand or Kirkland signature brand is perfect.