Homemade Flat Bread

This has become one of my favorite baking wins since coming home from deployment. I wanted to make homemade gyros for dinner one night while I was still on leave, but the best part about a gyro, at least for me, is the bread. I looked at some flatbread recipes online and holy cow are there a bunch of different versions. Flourless, no yeast, baked, fried, etc. I decided to go with a basic recipe using yeast and then put my own flavors in it. I really thought it would be an all day thing to make these, but in reality, I had 10 gorgeous flat breads within an hour.

And those gyros were bomb! But you could use these for a ton of different things too - to dip in hummus, for individual flatbread pizzas, sandwiches, etc. Cole and I found ourselves just eating the leftovers right out of the ziploc bags. The keep their springiness and flavor well into 3-4 days after making them! You can also use different herbs as well like rosemary, thyme, and chives, or omit the herbs all together!

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Servings: Makes 10 flatbreads

Prep Time: 30 min

Total Time: 1 hr

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/4 cup warm water

• 2 1/2 tsp active dry yeast (or one packet)

• 1 Tbsp sugar

• 3/4 cup greek yogurt

• 1 tsp honey

• 2 Tbsp olive oil

• 1 Tbsp salt

• 1 tsp finely chopped basil (if you're using dried, reduce amount to a 1/2 tsp)

• 1 tsp finely chopped oregano (if you're using dried, reduce amount to 1/2 tsp)

• 1 tsp garlic powder

• 3 3/4 cups flour

• 1/4 cup chopped parsley

• 1/2 cup olive oil for brushing

DIRECTIONS:

1. In a large bowl whisk together water, yeast, and sugar. Let set for 10 minutes until it gets frothy.

2. Whisk in the yogurt, honey, olive oil, salt, basil, oregano, and garlic powder.

3. Add the flour and parsley and stir everything until combined.

4. Turn dough onto a floured surface and knead for 4 minutes. Add more flour as needed if the dough is sticky while kneading.

5. cut the dough into 10 equal pieces and form each of those pieces into a small ball. place the balls on a cookie sheet and lightly sprinkle with flour. Cover the balls with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for 15 minutes.

6. Preheat a frying pan over medium to medium-low heat.

7. Take one of the dough balls and roll it out into a 7-8 inch circle with a rolling pin. Lightly brush the top of the rolled out circle of dough with olive oil.

8. Once the pan is hot, place the rolled out circle of dough oil side down into the pan. Let cook for about 1 and a half minutes, or until the top surface bubbles up.

9. Brush the top of the bread in the pan with olive oil then flip. Cook for another minute, then remove the bread from the pan and place it on a plate. Cover with a clean towel to keep it warm and moist while the other flatbreads are cooking.

10. Repeat this process with the rest of the dough balls.

11. Serve warm or cold!