It’s 9:10PM on the day that all Daring Bakers are supposed to post our challenge results and I’ve just finished making and tasting my final product.  Even though I got started late (very, very late), this challenge was so easy and so awesome that I’m still able to get my post up today!

The challenge was to make lavash (hence the dorky play on words in the title of this post) crackers and to make a topping of our choosing to go along with them.  We had the option of making the crackers with or without gluten, but they had to be vegan – hurrah!  I am so happy that Natalie and Shelly were this month’s challenge hosts – it was my favorite challenge yet!

I chose to make my crackers with whole wheat flour, so they were not gluten free.  To top the crackers, I sprinkled them with a cinnamon/sugar mixture and with some pumpkin seeds.  They really did turn out wonderfully!  The topping I made was a chutney of sorts, and turned out equally as wonderfully as the lavash.  I’ll first show the photos of the final product and then I’ll give the recipe for the chutney (the lavash recipe can likely be found all over the Interweb today).

I’m just going to call this “Autumn Chutney” because the flavors are all so incredibly autumnal!

Autumn Chutney
2t Earth Balance
1 apple, peeled and diced (I used gala, but I’m sure a granny smith would taste amazing!)
1 nectarine, peeled and diced (mine wasn’t ripe enough to pull away from the stone inside, so I just cut around it)
4 dried mission figs, diced (I cut off the tops and bottoms before dicing)
1/8 cup raisins
2T chopped walnuts
2T water
2T rum
1t cinnamon
pinch nutmeg

In a small saucepan, melt the Earth Balance over medium heat.  Add in the apples, nectarines, figs, and raisins and mix everything together.  Add in the water and the rum and turn the heat up to high.  Add in the cinnamon and nutmeg and mix everything together.  Once the liquid is almost completely cooked off, add in the walnuts.  Again, mix everything together.  Remove from heat and serve.

I just want to extend another HUGE THANK YOU!!! to Natalie and Shelly for hosting this challenge.  It was such fun to participate in and was the enormous Daring Bakers boost I needed after last month’s disastrous eclairs challenge!

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