Lavash

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 package active dry yeast
• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 1/4 cups unbleached flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons salt
• 4 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds
• 3 tablespoons poppy seeds

Recipe

• 1 in small bowl, stir together yeast, water and sugar.
• 2 let sit about 10 minutes to proof.
• 3 add oil.
• 4 combine flour and salt in food processor.
• 5 with motor running, add yeast mixture through feed tube and process for 20 seconds.
• 6 stop to scrape down bowl with rubber spatula, then continue processing to form stiff ball.
• 7 turn dough out onto work surface and knead for a few minutes until dough is smooth.
• 8 place dough in oiled bowl, turn to coat, cover tightly with plastic wrap and let rise in draft-free place until doubled in volume, 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
• 9 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 10 combine sesame and poppy seeds in small bowl.
• 11 turn dough out onto work surface, flatten into rectangle and divide into 16 roughly equal pieces.
• 12 cover pieces you are not working with plastic wrap.
• 13 on unfloured surface, roll each piece as thin as possible.
• 14 lift it up.
• 15 flip it over.
• 16 and roll again until paper thin.
• 17 you should have rectangle about 8 by 3 inches.
• 18 peel dough off work top and place on ungreased baking sheet.
• 19 prick holes in dough with fork.
• 20 brush lightly with water and sprinkle with about 1 tablespoon seeds.
• 21 repeat with remaining pieces of dough and fit as many pieces as possible on baking sheet without touching.
• 22 bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes, and cool completely on wire racks.
• 23 repeat until all dough is baked.