Crispbread

Crispbread^[1][a] is a flat and dry type of bread or cracker made mostly of rye flour. Crispbreads are very light. They stay fresh for a very long time because they are so dry. Crispbread is a staple food. ^[2] It used to be called a poor man's diet.

Crispbread in England with butter, cheese, egg and tomato.

Crispbread

Swedish crispbread.
Alternative names	Hard bread
Type	Bread
Place of origin	Sweden
Region or state	Nordic countries
Main ingredients	Rye flour, salt, water
Cookbook: Crispbread   Media: Crispbread

Gallery

Different types and shapes of commercial crispbread:

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Related pages

• Bublik
• Dorset knob
• Flatbread
• Flatbrød
• Hardtack
• Lavash
• Matzo
• Ryvita, a brand of crispbread
• Tunnbröd
• Wasabröd, a Swedish company

Notes

1. Swedish: knäckebröd (sv, lit. 'crack bread'), hårt bröd/hårdbröd (lit. 'hard bread'), spisbröd (lit. 'stove bread') or knäcke; Danish: knækbrød; Norwegian: knekkebrød; Finnish: näkkileipä or näkkäri; Estonian: näkileib; Icelandic: hrökkbrauð; Faroese: knekkbreyð; German: Knäckebrot (de) or Knäcke; Low German: Knackbrood.