Busters Recipes

Cracker Basket

Prep Time:15 min
Start to Finish:2 hr 10 min
Makes:3 dozen crackers

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

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 350ºF. 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.