plates of bread

[MOB09]

Lately it was my sons 6th birthday and he wanted the party to take place in the woods. In the evening there would be a bbq and we'd need plates, besides all the other stuff. We dont own plastic dishes and I did neither want to use disposable ones nor our china. Solution:
20g fresh yeast
300g rye flour
450g wheat flour
salt
a dash of olive oil
water

I made a sponge with the yeast, a little flour and water, then (after 20 min) put in all the flour, salt, olive oil and enough water to make a ductile, non sticky dough the evening before the party. I had it rest in the fridge the night and really recommend to treat yeast dough the slow baking way. The next day I rolled it out really thin and layed it over oiled china plates, then baked it at 250°C for about 5 min on the lowest bar. I had 15 plates in the end. And of course I have been baking two cakes that day so that I didnt heat the oven just for the plates.
The kids liked them and they were mostly eaten after being used as... plates for sausages (argh, all these little carnivores), pasta salad and potatoe salad, nothing too wet.
 Unfortunately I forgot to take more pics than these:


Crispy plates, very tasty with tzatziki.


Some more, chilling.


The dough, lying on a china plate.

Bon appetit!

[KeTing]

This is so clever! I've got to remember that next time I throw a party

[pinokeeo]

Very clever idea.  No waste.  Great job.

[KeTing]

And not so much dishwashing after the party
(well ok, you have to  clean the dishes you were using to make the plates, but you can do that before )

[MOB09]

Actually I didnt even wash the plates, only wiped off the oil and little flour (it was only on the backside) and we used them for breakfast the next day before they finally had their turn in the dishwasher. Ha! Eine runde Sache (a square deal) all in all. (and to make it perfect the next time I want a solar cooking box like this one http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=313377.0 )
Thanks for your nice comments.

[KeTing]

"Eine runde Sache" indeed *waves from Berlin to HH*

[sandal43]

Wonderful idea    That is so clever....