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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 2 hr 10 min
  • Servings 36
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Wow guests with your appetizer-serving style!
Updated Sep 21, 2005
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup cornmeal or semolina (pasta) flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup warm water
  • 4-quart ovenproof bowl
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seed, mustard seed, poppy seed or coarse ground black pepper
  • Cheese and fruit, if desired
Make With
Gold Medal Flour

Steps

  • 1
    Mix flour, cornmeal, salt and water until smooth. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour but no longer than 12 hours.
  • 2
    Heat oven to 350°F. Spray outside of bowl with cooking spray; place upside down in 15x10x1-inch pan. Shape dough into 2 balls. Roll each ball on lightly floured surface with rolling pin until 1/8 inch thick. Sprinkle with sesame seed; gently roll seed into dough. Shape 1 dough, seed side down, over bowl, pleating if necessary. Place remaining dough for cracker bread, seed side up, on cookie sheet lined with cooking parchment paper.
  • 3
    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. Remove basket from bowl. Break cracker bread into pieces. Fill basket with cracker bread and cheeses.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    If necessary, cover with foil during baking to keep the basket from browning too much.
  • tip 2
    Parchment paper can be found in supermarkets next to the foil and plastic wrap.
  • tip 3
    Nutrition was calculated for the entire recipe, including the edible basket.

Nutrition

10 Calories, 0g Total Fat, 0g Protein, 2g Total Carbohydrate, 0g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cracker
Calories
10
Calories from Fat
0
Total Fat
0g
0%
Saturated Fat
0g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
15mg
1%
Potassium
0mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
2g
1%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
0g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
Free
Carbohydrate Choice
0
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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