Cornmeal Crackers With Pumpkin Seeds

Name: Cornmeal Crackers With Pumpkin Seeds
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 30
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper; 177 milliliters all-purpose flour; 237 milliliters stone-ground yellow cornmeal; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 3 Tbsps milk; 177 milliliters raw pumpkin seeds; 2 teaspoons sugar; 6 Tbsps unsalted butter

Cornmeal Crackers With Pumpkin Seeds is a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe serves 30. One portion of this dish contains about 1g of protein, 3g of fat, and a total of 63 calories. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have sugar, flour, pumpkin seeds, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large skillet, stir the cornmeal over moderate heat, shaking the pan occasionally, until lightly toasted, about 2 minutes.

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Cornmeal

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Frying Pan

Transfer to a plate to cool.

In a medium bowl, combine the cornmeal with the flour, 1/2 cup of the pumpkin seeds, the salt, sugar and crushed red pepper. Using your fingers, work the butter into the cornmeal mixture until incorporated.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Pumpkin Seeds

Cornmeal

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Bowl

Mix in the milk, pressing the dough with your hands to form a ball; add a little more milk if necessary. Cover the dough and refrigerate until chilled and firm, : about 1 hour.

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Dough

Milk

Preheat the oven to 35

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Oven

Butter: 2 baking sheets. Pinch off 1-inch pieces of dough and roll into balls. Arrange the balls on the baking sheet and press into 2-inch rounds with a flat-bottomed glass. Press the remaining 1/4 cup of pumpkin seeds into the rounds.

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Pumpkin Seeds

Butter

Dough

Roll

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Baking Sheet

Bake the crackers for about 10 minutes, or until browned around the edges.

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Crackers

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Oven

Let cool for 5 minutes, then transfer to a large plate.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

Make Ahead: The cracker dough can be frozen for up to 1 month. The crackers can be stored overnight in an airtight container. Recrisp them in a 300 oven for a few minutes before serving.

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Crackers

Dough

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Oven