Hard tack

This easy hard tack recipe is a must-have for survival enthusiasts! With just three simple ingredients, you can create a long-lasting food staple that has been relied on for centuries.

Hardtack is a long-term storage food made of just a few simple ingredients. The name comes from the British slang word for food: tack. So hard tack actually means ‘hard food’ – and you’ll discover that hardtack is a very, very hard food! You can’t just bite into a piece of hardtack. You need to soak it first. If not, you could break a tooth.

There’s a handful of recipes I remember my mom making during the Christmas holidays. I remember some Christmas cherry cheesecake bars, snickerdoodles, peanut blossoms and this hard tack candy. I’ve always been candy crazy, so when I remembered this candy, I had to make it to share with you. This brings back many memories for me and I hope it does for you too.

Previously I mostly just thought of hardtack as being something eaten by Civil War soldiers. It actually goes back to the time of the Egyptians, used by sailors. The good thing about hardtack (from a sailor or Civil War perspective) is that it can last for years if it stays dry and is kept away from bugs and such. It is light and easy to transport (think backpacking) but is dense, so it holds a lot of nutrition. I have wanted to make some for about a year now. I finally got around to trying…

Hardtack has a long shelf life and can be used in a variety of ways. Included are recipes for hardtack, soft-tack and fried-tack.

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How to Make Hardtack: Hard tack is basically a hard cracker made from water, flour and salt. It's a great survival food because it will stay edible for years as long as you keep it in a dry place. Historically, it was used by soldiers, voyagers and generally anyone who n…

Even if you prefer canned or freeze dried food for your prepping supplies, you should still try making hard tack sometime. It's a simple but useful skill that can use to make your flour supplies last forever.

Hard Tack Recipe

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These slightly sweet, biscuit-like crackers are easy to make and are great with butter, cheese, or jam.

This homemade hard tack candy is a classic old fashioned candy that will bring back so many memories. The brightly colored candies can by made into a variety of tasty flavors, and are surprisingly easy to make at home!

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Soft Hardtack That's Actually Edible: This recipe is just as easy to make and pack around as regular hardtack but has more nutrition and won't break your teeth when you try to eat it!

How to make hard tack

Throughout history, bread has been a vital staple of life. . Archaeological evidence suggests that pre-Neolithic cultures baked very simple flat bread on hot stones and sourdough breads have been m…

Ever wonder how the sailors made hard tack? It is an incredibly easy recipe to put together, and I found how to make hard tack a fun learning project.

Hardtack, or "hard tack" is a simple biscuit or cracker made from flour and water, and when salt was available to the makers it was add..