Name: Taftun Flat Bread (Nan-e taftun)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 29 min
Yield: Makes 4 loaves
Cuisine: Iranian
Ingredients: 1 cup/240 ml warm milk or water (100°F/38°C); 1 envelope or 2½ teaspoons active dry yeast; ¼ cup/60 g plain yogurt beaten with; 1 egg; 2 teaspoons sugar or honey; 3–3½ cups/360–420 g unbleached (all-purpose) flour mixed with 1½ teaspoons sea salt and 1 teaspoon baking powder, sifted into a bowl; ¼ cup/60 ml vegetable oil

Preparation info

Makes
4
loaves

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Food of Life

By Najmieh Batmanglij

Published 2011

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Ingredients

1 envelope or 2½ teaspoons active dry yeast
1 cup/240

Method

In a mixing bowl of a dough maker, dissolve the yeast in the warm milk, add the sugar, and allow to rest for 10 minutes undisturbed.
Add the yogurt mixture and 2 tablespoons oil, and mix well.
Gradually add 3 cups (360g) of the flour mixture, while the machine is running, and knead for 5 minutes. Allow the dough to rest in the machine for 2 minutes, t

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