Appetizer Cracker Basket

Name: Appetizer Cracker Basket
Prep time: 2 h 10 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Total time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 liters ovenproof bowl; 118 milliliters Gold all-purpose flour; 36 servings Cheese and fruit, if desired; 1 Tbsp sesame seed, mustard seed, poppy seed or coarse ground black pepper; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters cornmeal or semolina (pasta) flour; 79 milliliters warm water

Appetizer Cracker Basket requires approximately 2 hours and 10 minutes from start to finish. For 94 cents per serving, you get a hor d'oeuvre that serves 36. Watching your figure? This dairy free and vegetarian recipe has 279 calories, 11g of protein, and 1g of fat per serving. A mixture of ovenproof bowl, cheese and fruit, gold flour, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Mix flour, cornmeal, salt and water until smooth. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 12 hours.

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Cornmeal

All Purpose Flour

Water

Salt

Heat oven to 350F. Spray outside of bowl with cooking spray; place upside down in 15x10x1-inch pan. Shape dough into 2 balls.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

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Bowl

Oven

Frying Pan

Roll each ball on lightly floured surface with rolling pin until 1/8 inch thick.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Sprinkle with sesame seed; gently roll seed into dough. Shape 1 dough, seed side down, over bowl, pleating if necessary.

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Sesame Seeds

Dough

Roll

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Bowl

Place remaining dough for cracker bread, seed side up, on cookie sheet lined with cooking parchment paper.

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Crackers

Bread

Dough

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Bake basket 8 to 12 minutes or until golden brown; remove from oven. Set oven control to broil. Broil dough for cracker bread with top 6 to 8 inches from heat 3 to 5 minutes; turn over and broil 3 to 5 minutes longer or until light brown. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

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Crackers

Bread

Dough

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Oven

Remove basket from bowl. Break cracker bread into pieces. Fill basket with cracker bread and cheeses.

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Crackers

Bread

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Bowl