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Corn Cups

Submitted by adriana on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 01:21
Another Gluten-free cooking for kids recipe

These little cups make great containers for guacamole, scrambled eggs, egg salad, chilli con carne, really anything you can think of. For young children, the idea of being able to eat the cups is quite novel and for older children, it’s quite a treat to have grown up style canapés. The good news is these are really easy to make and you can keep a stash in the freezer.

Yield

30 cups

Preparation time

15 minutes plus baking time

Ingredients

75g butter
100g cream cheese
125g gluten free flour
80g cornmeal
1/2 tsp salt

Directions

 

  Preheat oven 180 C   Put all the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor. Use the pulse button and blitz until you get a soft dough. Divide the dough into balls and press each ball into a mini muffin tin. Use something like a pestle to press down with to make a little cup. Try to keep the pressure even so that the cups are broadly the same thickness.   Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and crisp.   Makes about 30 cups.    

Notes

These cups freeze really well.  Freeze them in airtight containers and allow them to defrost before using.  They will keep in the freezer for about 6 weeks.

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adriana wrote 15 years 25 weeks ago

Corn Cups

wooden thingy and pan jpeg.jpgI recently made these for a pampered chef evening using their little wooden mini tart shaper.  This recipe is perfect for this and you can make the little cups in minutes.  They were a huge success and everyone came away wanting the recipe.  I filled them with caramelised onions and red peppers, topped them with a slice of anchovy and a few capers on top.  Not exactly a kid friendly filling, but the adults certainly appreciated them.  The little wooden thingy is available from pampered chef and the tartlet pan they sell is soooo beautiful.  I've not been able to justify purchasing one yet- as I've got so many of these little tartlet pans- which do the job, but are not as well constructed or made as the pampered chef one- but it's on my wish list!