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Lavash

Breads & Coffee Cakes
Author: Dale
Thank you Bev for this wonderful recipe!
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Ingredients

  • 5 cups unbleached flour
  • 1 envelope dry yeast
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ¾ tsp sugar
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 1¼ to 1½ cups warm water (120° F to 130° F)
  • cups sesame seeds or sesame and poppy seed combination

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375° F.
  • Mix flour, yeast, salt and sugar in food processor.
  • Blend melted butter with 1 cup warm water.
  • Add mixture gradually to the dry ingredients through the feed tube of a food processor until the dough forms a ball.
  • Place in a greased bowl, coating the dough.
  • Cover with plastic wrap topped with a hot. damp towel.
  • Let rise until double in bulk (1-2 hours).
  • Divide the dough into tennis ball size pieces.
  • Spread out the seeds on a smooth surface and roll each tennis ball sized piece as thinly as possible, about 12 inches. Shape can be irregular.
  • Bake on an ungreased cookie sheet until each piece is a light golden brown with darker highlights - about 13 minutes.