I can honestly say that the thought of making graham crackers from scratch never once crossed my mind until I saw this article. I took this recipe out of the Chicago Tribune Sunday section from August 30th, 2009. It was part of a recipe for smores by Leah Eskin which she claims was 'adapted from the French Laundry by way of Epicurious'. The great chef Thomas Keller of French Laundry and Per Se fame has never once failed me recipe-wise. Since I won't let my kids near fire yet, I figured I'd stick to the graham cracker part. If you're like most parents, your kids eat a ton of  pre-packaged stuff- crackers, pretzels, cookies, psuedo-fruit items, etc. Most of which is relatively healthy and convenient, but I still would rather have my kids eat something I made myself rather than stuff out of a shrink-wrapped box that's god-only-knows how old.

These come out tasting unlike any shrink-wrapped graham cracker I've ever had, which is a good thing. Instead they taste like cinnamon-y short bread with a little whole wheat heft to it.

• 1 cup flour
• 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• pinch salt
• 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup), softened
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 2 Tbsp granulated white sugar
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp vanilla

Sift together flours, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Beat butter, sugars, honey and vanilla with an electric mixer until fluffy, approximately 2 minutes. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture; mix on low until combined. Increase speed to medium and beat until dough clumps, approximately 2 minutes.

Pat dough into a disk. Set between 2 sheets of wax paper (I used plastic wrap instead). Roll thin, approximately 1/8 inch thick. Punch out 24-30 2 inch circles using a biscuit or cookie cutter. Set circles on nonstick making sheets. I used baking sheets lined with Silpat mats. Poke each round twice with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees until golden brown, 10-13 minutes.

To see the original recipe including a chocolate ganache and a toasted marshmallow for a full-fledged smore, check out the Trib: