Animal Crackers with Zesty Lemon Frosting

I loved animal crackers as a child, but as an adult, I find them to be overly sweet and bland at the same time. I’ve fixed that by developing my own recipe for animal crackers that uses less sugar than the boxed kind and features lemon zest in the cracker dough and a lemon glaze to decorate the crackers.

Oat flour lends a soft, milky flavor to these crackers that’s strongly reminiscent of packaged animal crackers, so don’t be tempted to leave it out. Oat flour is available in bulk a