The Gluten-Free Homemaker

Here is yet another recipe adapted from  Mennonite Country-Style Recipes & Kitchen Secrets by Esther Shank.  It is one of my favorite cookbooks.  Of course, I have to modify recipes to be gluten free, and I often modify them to be healthier, but many of the recipes are just the kind of thing my family loves.

My family has come to expect and anticipates having pizza on Friday nights, but sometimes I just don’t have time to prepare it.  A quick crust pizza such as this cornmeal crust is never the same, but it’s better than nothing so they settle for that. 
What we didn’t like about this pizza:

• I didn’t have any toppings to go on it so it was rather plain
• It didn’t have a nice yeasty bread flavor

What we did like about this pizza:

• It tasted like a cheesy corn bread
• The crust held together and the pieces could be picked up with the hands

Once you adjust your thinking and don’t expect it to be a “real” pizza, it’s quite good.  I’m sure some toppings would make it even better.  This just happened to be one of those evenings when I was satisfied to put something edible on the table.

Cornmeal Crust Pizza

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 c. cornmeal
• 2 c. gluten free flour mix (I used Carol's sorghum blend)
• 1 Tb. baking powder
• 2 tsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 c. milk (a substitute should work)
• 1/2 c. vegetable oil
• 8 oz. tomato sauce
• 1 tsp. Italian seasoning
• 1/8 tsp. garlic powder
• shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese
• toppings

Instructions
Combine the dry ingredients by whisking them together in a medium bowl.  Add the milk and oil and stir well.  Press the mixture into the bottom of a sprayed jelly roll pan using your hands or a spatula.  Press it up the sides of the pan a little to contain the toppings.
Combine the tomato sauce, Italian seasoning and garlic powder, or use a premade pizza sauce. Spread this over the crust.  Top with some shredded cheese and whatever toppings you choose.

Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

This post is linked to Tasty Tuesday and Tempt My Tummy Tuesday.  Though these are not gluten free carnivals, you might find some naturally gluten free recipes or inspiration for a new gluten free recipe.

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