Salty and Sweet Rice and Sesame Crackers

This recipe comes from my friend Reiko Akehi, a correspondent for Japanese food magazines who is based in New York. These are really simple to prepare—you just beat up some cooked rice with seasonings and roll out the resulting dough between sheets of plastic wrap (it’s sticky), then dry the crackers before baking. The drying is the most important part of the recipe: If the crackers have not dried completely before they are baked, they will not remain flat or become properl