In my first attempt to cook something from Catching Fire, I decided to make the crackers that Bonnie and Twill hold up to Katniss in the woods of District 12 to show her that they’re part of the rebellion, thus telling Katniss for the first time that there is a rebellion.
This isn’t what you’d call my “final” post about these because they just didn’t come out the way I’d envisioned them. Still, I think a failed attempt is still something worth posting about. (especially when you took like 20 process photos, haha!)
It’s a small white circle of flat bread. More of a cracker, really.
With that to go on, I Googled and ended up at smitten kitchen, where she described her rosemary flatbread as “More cracker than bread, this stuff is dreamy.” Sounds about right to me!
I was going to omit the rosemary, but I have enough rosemary growing in my back yard to make a thousand crackers, so I thought what the heck and went ahead and put it in.
There’s no real point to this photo, I just thought it looked cool. 🙂
Here’s the dough. This recipe is ridiculously easy.
I rolled it out between wax paper and then used biscuit cutters to make circles. I know it looks thin, but it was actually a little too thick.
I washed and boiled my mockingjay pin and first I tried to just press it into the dough. It didn’t turn out too good and I figured it would just disappear during baking, so I left some with no print.
I baked them for just two minutes, waiting until they puffed up a little and sure enough, the mockingjay was pretty much gone. I removed them from the oven at this point, figuring I could press the pin in with partially puffed dough and it would show much better.
As you can see, it did much better pressing into the partially baked cracker. Still, the ring made it really complicated and it was hard to tell what I was looking at. I used a toothpick to pick out the pin.
It looks pretty cool here, but only if you look carefully. The ring and arrow really confuse things.
Here are the finished crackers. They don’t look anything like what I wanted. Plus, they’re brown! I have to figure out how to make white crackers and I’ve also contacted a couple of people to get quotes for a small branding iron without the mockingjay on it. It’ll probably be a bit expensive, but hey, I’ll be able to brand a mockingjay on steaks and chicken and stuff too, which will not doubt drive my husband crazy. Hahaha! I’ll definitely have to take it with me to LA the next time we do Capitol Shore for Catching Fire’s premiere. 🙂
Keep checking back for an updated cracker post!
Crystal, have you thought about using a reverse mold? You can get them for around six bucks on etsy, and that might make it easier to see the mockingjay on the cracker: http://www.etsy.com/listing/96945454/the-hunger-games-mockingjay-flexible?ref=sr_gallery_3&ga_search_query=mockingjay+mold&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=handmade
My problem with polymer clay is that I’m hesitant to use it to press into food, even if it’s non-toxic. Plus, I want something I can use to char meat too! 🙂
Good attempt! Perhaps if you turned the pin around the other way the biscuits would come out better?
Naw, then it would be backwards! I think the ring and arrow just complicate it too much.
I think you did a very good job. I would love to eat those;) Lucky you get to go to the premiere of the movie. I love your site. I’m twelve and read all the books. How did you like them?
I’m a huge fan of the books! 🙂
Wait… how did they TASTE?
I also imagined the crackers being toasted, so you got that part down;). Do you get to meet the cast?
Your Awesome you know that!?!
i made them they are great just making another batch cos its my friends b- day sleep over and we are the number 1 hunger games fans form the start of the books!!!!!
Have you tried printing a small picture of the mockingjay without the circle and pressing that in?
http://www.etsy.com/listing/106720153/mockingjay-cookie-stamp-recipe-and?ref=sr_gallery_1&ga_search_query=hunger+games+cookie+mold&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_search_type=all maybe this? It’s made of hard plastic (don’t use polymer clay, it isn’t food safe at all) and would give you the shape you want. You won’t be able to brand meat with it, but otherwise.
OMG, I love you! I bought one! (and another to give away) I don’t think it’s quite what I was going for with the crackers, but I still couldn’t pass it up to make mockingjay cookies!
you should have flipped it over.