3-Ingredient Flaky Flatbread

Serves: 2

Aurelia Collier

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

64

Spice

62

Sweetness

49

Sourness

32

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.8

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 tsp

Kosher Salt

Directions:

1

Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl

2

Make a well in the center and slowly add 2/3 cup water, mixing with your hands or a wooden spoon, until a shaggy dough forms

3

Knead dough in bowl until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes

4

Transfer dough to a clean work surface

5

Wipe out bowl and grease lightly with oil

6

Return dough to bowl, cover with a kitchen towel, and let rest 30 minutes

7

Turn out dough onto a clean work surface

8

Using a bench scraper or large knife, cut into 6 equal pieces

9

Shape into balls, cover, and let rest 15 minutes more

10

Grease a large cookie sheet or the underside of a rimmed baking sheet with 1 Tbsp

11

Butter

12

Line another rimmed baking sheet with parchment

13

Place 1 piece of dough on prepared cookie sheet

14

Pat down to a flat oval with your fingertips, then smear 2 Tbsp

15

Butter over dough

16

Press and slide dough outward with your fingertips, stretching to a very thin oval, about 12x10"

17

Starting at 1 long end, roll dough over itself to create a long tube about 1" wide; flatten slightly

18

Starting at 1 short end, roll into a coil like a jelly roll

19

Transfer to parchment-lined sheet; cover with a kitchen towel

20

Repeat with remaining dough

21

Freeze, covered, 15 minutes

22

Working one at a time, turn coil on its side and flatten to a disc with your palm

23

Using a rolling pin, roll into a rough oval about 8x4"

24

Transfer to freezer

25

Repeat with remaining coils and freeze until ready to use

26

Heat 1 Tbsp

27

Butter in a griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium-high

28

Add 2 pieces of dough, reduce heat to medium, and cook flatbread until bottom is golden brown with large bubbles forming underneath, about 3 minutes

29

Flip and continue to cook until second side is golden brown, about 1 minute more

30

Repeat with remaining dough, adding 1 Tbsp

31

Butter before each batch

32

Whisk flour, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl

33

Make a well in the center and slowly add 2/3 cup water, mixing with your hands or a wooden spoon, until a shaggy dough forms

34

Knead dough in bowl until smooth and elastic, about 4 minutes

35

Transfer dough to a clean work surface

36

Wipe out bowl and grease lightly with oil

37

Return dough to bowl, cover with a kitchen towel, and let rest 30 minutes

38

Turn out dough onto a clean work surface

39

Using a bench scraper or large knife, cut into 6 equal pieces

40

Shape into balls, cover, and let rest 15 minutes more

41

Grease a large cookie sheet or the underside of a rimmed baking sheet with 1 Tbsp

42

Butter

43

Line another rimmed baking sheet with parchment

44

Place 1 piece of dough on prepared cookie sheet

45

Pat down to a flat oval with your fingertips, then smear 2 Tbsp

46

Butter over dough

47

Press and slide dough outward with your fingertips, stretching to a very thin oval, about 12x10"

48

Starting at 1 long end, roll dough over itself to create a long tube about 1" wide; flatten slightly

49

Starting at 1 short end, roll into a coil like a jelly roll

50

Transfer to parchment-lined sheet; cover with a kitchen towel

51

Repeat with remaining dough

52

Freeze, covered, 15 minutes

53

Working one at a time, turn coil on its side and flatten to a disc with your palm

54

Using a rolling pin, roll into a rough oval about 8x4"

55

Transfer to freezer

56

Repeat with remaining coils and freeze until ready to use

57

Heat 1 Tbsp

58

Butter in a griddle or large nonstick skillet over medium-high

59

Add 2 pieces of dough, reduce heat to medium, and cook flatbread until bottom is golden brown with large bubbles forming underneath, about 3 minutes

60

Flip and continue to cook until second side is golden brown, about 1 minute more

61

Repeat with remaining dough, adding 1 Tbsp

62

Butter before each batch