Pressing

Some round crackers like the Senbei and Smoked Almond Thins are easiest to make thin not by rolling, but by pressing. Simply make small balls of the given dough, place them one at a time between sheets of heavy plastic (a zip-top bag works well), and press down on the dough: it will spread into an even, wafer-thin round with almost no effort. You can use the bottom of a flat-bottomed dish (I use a crème brûlée dish) or a large juice glass to manually press out the dough, or smash the dough balls in a tortilla press. No matter how you press them, this method makes cracker making a breeze.