Soft, Foldable, Flat Bread

I have found my new basic flat bread recipe. For a while now I've been using a Quiznos copy cat recipe but today it has been replaced. This morning I tried to make tortillas using a recipe that I thought would do the job, the picture even showed tortilla like bread. Alas it did not make tortillas but it did make a bread that is quite flexible. It will bend into quarters, and probably more, without so much as a crack or split. Absolutely lovely flex!

Ingredients: Salt, Flour, Water, Oil, Yeast

Soft, Foldable, Flat Bread

by Sheena Badger-James

Keywords: bake bread

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Ingredients

• 2 tsp dry yeast
• 1 1/3 cups warm water
• 3 3/4 cups bread flour
• 1 1/2 tsp salt1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

1. Place the yeast in about 1/2 cup of the warm water and let sit covered for 5 minutes to activate the yeast. Meanwhile, mix the flour and salt in your mixing bowl. Form a well in your flour mix and pour in activated yeast and the oil.
2. Mix in your flour, adding additional water as needed. You're looking for a firm, moist, and quite sticky dough.
3. Knead your dough on a floured or oiled (depending on preference) work surface until your dough is smooth, shiny, and elastic.
4. Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with a cloth. Let rise until double in size, about 30 minutes. Punch down and let rest for 10 minutes.
5. It's a good idea to start heating your frying pan over medium low heat. The pan will need to be heated for about 10 minutes.
6. Divide into eight pieces. Roll each piece into a very thin round, about 8 inches across and a 1/4 inch thick.
7. Place one dough round in the hot pan and prick all over to prevent air bubbles. Flip every few seconds to keep from over cooking. You should get a sense fairly quickly how often you need to flip. Cook the round until each side of the round starts to have golden brown spots on it. Once cooked place onto a clean surface and cover with a cloth. Repeat for each round. This will take a bit of practice, each stove is different, but you should get the feel of it quickly.
8. After all are cooked, cover with a cloth and place on a cooling rack. This is to help control the moisture to avoid soggy or dry. After the rounds are cooled they can be stored in a food bag of your preference.

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