Graham Cracker

Graham cracker

A graham cracker is a sweet cracker made with graham flour that originated in the United States in the mid-19th century, with commercial development from about 1880, and mass production beginning in 1898 by The National Biscuit Company. It is eaten as a snack food, usually honey- or cinnamon-flavored, and is used as an ingredient in some foods, e.g., in the graham cracker crust for cheesecakes and pies.

graham cracker

Noun

1. A specific cracker made of graham flour, developed in the nineteenth century.
2. A sweet rectangular cracker, usually made of graham flour and sweetened with honey (and often spiced with cinnamon) and perforated down the middle.