Cheeky Kitchen's Homemade Crackerbread and Crackerbread Pizza

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A few months ago we brought you Tongue N Cheeky's Golden Glazed Gnocchi recipe - and what a delicious recipe it is! The wonderful Brooke McLay is back at it again with the Cheeky Kitchen blog, and we're so glad to have her back. She supplied us with scrumptious Homemade Crackerbread and Crackerbread Pizza recipes, and we can't wait to rush into our own kitchens and whip these recipes up!

Homemade Crackerbread

If you've ever shied away from homebaking yeast breads, now is the time to take the plunge and try your hand at it. This recipe is tremendously simple, entirely foolhardy, and wildly, wildly delicious. Once you've cooked up a batch of crackerbread, the possibilities are endless, really. Top them with cream cheese and a bit of pepper jelly for a beautiful appetizer. Smear them with a dollop of butter and cinnamon-sugar for a divinely quick dessert. Or, make pizza. Oh! Please do make pizza. I promise you will fall in love. Madly, wondrously, entirely in love. Pull out those leftover Valentines cards. You might want to write your pizza and bespeak your utter admiration for it's simple, crunchy crust and fresh, flavor-packed toppings. X.O.X.O.X.O

Ingredients:

1 1/2 c. very warm water
1 Tbsp. yeast
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. whole wheat flour
3-4 c. white flour
2 Tbsp. olive oil

Preparation:

In a large bowl, dissolve yeat into water. Stir in whole wheat flour. Begin adding in white flour, stirring to mix. When dough begins to form itself into a ball, add flour a sprinkle at a time just until it's soft and no longer sticky (but not stiff!). Knead until it makes a nice, elastic ball. Pour oil atop. Cover bowl with a dishrag and allow dough to rise for 1 hour.

Separate dough into 2-3 inch balls. Press onto an ungreased cookie sheet until very, very thin (almost translucent). Pierce with a fork. Bake in an oven preheated to 500 degrees for about three minutes, or just until the crackerbread begins to brown.

Serve warm, top immediately with pizza ingredients and bake, or store in a ziploc bag for up to one week. No matter how you decide to serve it, this crackerbread will delight you to pieces

Crackerbread Pizza

Once you've baked your crackerbread to a light crisp, you are ready to top it with this simple melange of flavors. Like a kitchen sink and soap bubbles, these simple ingredients are simply meant to be together. The crack of the crust, the warm, pungent cheese, the juicy tomatoes, the fresh sprinkled basil. Truly. This is a match made in heaven.

Ingredients:

1 c. asagio cheese, shredded
1 c. fresh mozzarella, diced
1/2 c. cherry tomatoes, diced
1/4 c. fresh basil, chopped
salt & pepper to taste

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle cheese, mozzarella and tomatoes over baked crackerbread. Salt and pepper lightly. Bake on a cookie sheet for 5-7 minutes, or until cheese has just begun to bubble around the edges. Remove from oven, top with fresh basil. Serve immediately.