Kinky! The alternative pizza lifestyle...

You ever just want to turn everything into PIZZA?  Your baked potato, your sandwich, your taco?
Aside from my many and varied dietary restrictions, I looooove pizza and the whole pizza lifestyle.  Basically, you want to throw tomato sauce and cheese on everything, right?

I eat a lot of corn bread.  It has such a tasty gritty texture and is so easy to make.  Yesterday I was thinking "if you baked a thin corn bread, could it become a pizza crust???" and of COURSE it could!
Not polenta or like deep dish Chicago style or even tamale pie (chili in the baking pan first, covered with cornbread and baked), all of which are super tasty....corn bread.

You could do it with any cornbread recipe---just use a pan at least twice the size you would normally use, so that the batter is a little less than an inch thick, then bake it more quickly, top, bake it some more until the cheese melts, DONE! My own recipe is below. *** HOT DAMN this was tasty... the only thing I would do differently is dice some peppers and onion and toss it on top of the batter then bake it all together THEN top.  They would be baked right into the crust, perfectly, then other toppings and cheese baked on too.  Next time!



***Gary's cornbread pizza for 2
(this is my favorite cornbread recipe-doubled and baked 40 mins., it fits into a standard 5 x 9 bread loaf pan, slices easily and is good and firm and you can toast it in the toaster too)
-preheat to 350, grease an 8 x 8 brownie pan
-large bowl stir together:  1 cup corn flour (finely ground cornmeal), 1 1/2 Tbs sugar, 1 teas baking powder, 1/2 teas salt
-second bowl: stir together- beat an egg, add 1/2 cup milk of your choice and 1/8 cup oil
-stir together wet and dry, spread out into greased pan, top with diced peppers and onions if you want
-bake about 20-25 minutes, until golden brown then
-either add tomato sauce and topping and cheese-not too much!- and return to oven until cheese is melted or let cornbread cool awhile then top and heat back in the oven