Homemade Wheat Thins - 2nd try

I really want these crackers to work and so I tried another recipe.  I really like the taste of these.  They have that sweet nutty flavor of store bought wheat thins, but the texture is wrong.  I don't think it's totally the recipe though.  Sad sad day, my wheat grinder fell of the counter (I was moving it and it's REALLY heavy). Anyway now the flour is very coarse.  Trial 3 is going to have to be some combination of the two recipes.
This dough was much harder to work with,  and the resulting crackers were really flaky and kind of crunchy.  Not a bad texture, just not wheat thins.  The kids liked this one much better than the first.

Wheat Thins again . . .

2nd try

1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus extra for topping
1/4 teaspoon paprika
4 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup water (you might need to add a little more)
1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Cut the butter into flour, sugar, salt, paprika mixture.  Stir in water vanilla mixture.   Roll out really thin (1/8 of an in).  I took the easy way out and rolled the dough right on a greased cookie sheet.  Using a pizza cutter cut out your crackers.  Poke with a fork several times on each cracker for a more authentic look.  Bake at 400 F for 5-10 minutes.  But really watch it they burn easily.  Remove the crackers from the pan while they are still hot.  As they cool the stick to the pan and crumble when you remove them.

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1st try at homemade wheat thins