Khorasani Taftun Bread

Name: Khorasani Taftun Bread (Nan-e Taftun-e Khorasani)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 48 min
Total time: 1 h 13 min
Yield: Makes 4 loaves
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 4 to 4½ cups/464 g to 522 g unbleached all-purpose or bread flour sifted with 1½ teaspoons fine sea salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder; 4 tablespoons oil; ¼ cup/60 g plain yogurt beaten with 1 egg; 2 teaspoons honey or sugar; 1 envelope or 2¼ teaspoons/7 g active dry yeast; 1 cup/240 ml warm water or milk (100°F/38°C)

Nan-e Taftun-e Khorasani

Preparation info

Makes
4
loaves

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

Cooking in Iran

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2020

About

Taftun is an everyday medium-thick flat bread. It’s ideal for dunking into soup or using for croutons. In Hamadan, they call it gerdeh (meaning “the round one”). They brush it with egg wash and sprinkle seeds over it—fenugreek, sesame, and nigella—before cooking.

Ingredients

Dough

1 envelope or 2¼ teaspoons/7 g active dry yeast
1

Asia
Iran
Hamadan
Vegetarian
Bread

Method

For the dough: In the mixing bowl of an electric dough maker or mixer, dissolve the yeast in the warm water, add the honey, mix together, and allow to rest for 10 minutes undisturbed.
Add the yogurt and egg mixture, and 3 tablespoons of the oil. Mix well until smooth.
Gradually add 4 cups/464g of the flour mixture, while the machine is running,