Lavash Armenian Thin Bread
- 1 1/3 cups water, tepid (barely warm, about 105F)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1 package quick-rising yeast
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup milk (for topping)
- to taste sesame (for topping)
- Place the tepid water in your electric mixing bowl and add the olive oil, sugar, and yeast. Using the batter blade let the electric mixer blend these very well.
- It will take about 5 minutes on low speed.
- Stir in the salt. Gradually add 2 cups of the flour and beat on low speed until a thick and smooth batter forms.
- Change the blade to a bread dough hook and knead in the additional 2 cups of flour.
- If you do not have a heavy mixer such as a KitchenAid, incorporate the flour with a wooden spoon and finish the kneading by hand.
- Kneading should take about 10 minutes in the machine, 20 minutes by hand.
- Place the dough on a plastic countertop and cover with a large stainless-steel bowl.
- Allow the dough to rise until double in bulk, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Punch the dough down and divide into 8 pieces.
- Let stand, covered, 15 minutes.
- Roll out each piece of dough into a 12-inch-diameter circle. Working with 2 pieces of dough at a time, arrange breads on ungreased baking sheets.
- Brush with milk and sprinkle sesame seeds over tops.
- Pierce with a fork many times, all over.
- Bake on the lowest racks in the oven, at 375F, for 8-10 minutes, or until light brown.
- Rotate the pans in the oven from top to bottom, to insure even browning.
- Serve dry or wet. (To wet, hold the cracker under running water until lightly moistened all over, and then wrap in a moist towel for 10-15 minutes.) If the cracker is too dry to roll, it will crack.
- Sprinkle with a little more water and let stand a few minutes.
- If it is too wet, cover with a dry towel and let it stand.
water, olive oil, sugar, yeast, salt, allpurpose, milk, sesame
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lavash-armenian-thin-bread-2692 (may not work)