Tortilla Baskets

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Title: Tortilla Baskets
Categories: Breads
Yield: 1 servings

For each basket:
1 9 inch flour tortilla
Vegetable oil for brushing
-tortillas
1 Brioche pan

Recipe by: The Washington Post 11/6/96 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Lightly spray the brioche pan with vegetable spray, or brush it lightly
with vegetable oil. Also lightly brush both sides of the tortilla with the
oil and gently fit it into the pan, pressing it into the pan's scalloped
sides. Bake the tortilla for about 20 minutes, or until the edges are
golden and the tortilla is crisp. Use as a server for salad or crudites or
guacamole or chips or . . . well, you get the idea. (Makes 1 basket).

You can use 9-inch tortillas or 6-inch tortillas, depending on how you want
to fill them. A 6-inch tortilla makes a small appetizer-sized basket, while
the 9-inch is more substantial. My brioche pan has a 4-cup capacity and
works well with the 9-inch tortilla. Note: Be patient when first fitting
the tortilla into the brioche pan -- brioche sides are more densely
scalloped than the gadget I saw advertised.

By Margery K. Friedman, a private baker in Rockville who last wrote about
baking with cherries.

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