Y’all, if you haven’t made your own flatbread before, you are missing out!! Not only is it super easy, but your house is gonna smell AMAZING! Plus, you get to brag about making fresh, fluffy flatbread from scratch—like a total kitchen boss. 🙌
When my kids get home from getting off the bus, they always want to know, “what’s for dinner?” When they find out it involves this homemade flatbread they are beyond excited.
This was inspired to be used with Loaf Pan Chicken Shawarma on this site, and pairs well with Fatoosh Salad.
Ingredients
Most of the ingredients you will have in your home already!
- water
- milk
- honey
- butter
- instant yeast
- salt
- sugar
- flour
- egg
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
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- Step 1:Mix warm water, sugar, and instant yeast in a bowl. Let it chill together for 5-10 minutes
- Step 2: Mix all the ingredients together.
- Step 3: Press dough into flatbread.
- Step 4: Cook for 30 seconds on each side.
Hint: When cooking the dough, you do not need to spray the pan with cooking oil.
Substitutions and Variations
Make it your own!
- Honey – I have changed the amount of honey in this recipe many times. Sometimes I like the bread a little sweeter (around 1 cup of honey) or even a little less (¼ cup of honey)
- Flour – Try it out using different types of flour. I use all purpose flour.
- Vegan– You can substitute the egg for a vegan egg substitute and use vegan butter instead.
Equipment
You will need:
- Mixer – I use my Kitchenaid Mixer
- Pan – Used to cook the flatbread dough.
- Rolling Pin or Flat sided bowl– I have used both. This last time I used a bowl with flat sides because I was using a counter that would not have accommodated a rolling pin well.
Storage
Store the flatbread in a sealed bag for up to 3 days.
Top Tip
Don’t worry if the flatbread isn’t a perfect round shape. None of that matters. Make them unique to you and your family!
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Pairing
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Homemade Flatbread
Equipment
- 1 Mixer
Ingredients
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup honey 🍯
- ¼ cup butter 🧈
- 2 teaspoon heaping teaspoons Instant Yeast
- 1 teaspoon teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 4 cups (3 ½ – 4 ½ cups all-purpose flour)
- 1 egg 🥚
Instructions
- Mix warm water, sugar, and instant yeast in a bowl. Let it chill together for 5-10 minutes—let the yeast do its bubbly thing! 🌊
- Warm up that milk for 90 seconds.
- Stir in the butter, honey, and salt to the warm milk. It’ll smell like heaven already!
- Once the milk mixture cools down a bit, pour it into the yeast mixture and crack in that egg. Time to mix!
- Add 1½ cups of flour and get your mixer going—let’s make some magic happen. ✨
- Toss in another cup of flour and mix again. It’s getting doughy!
- Add the last cup or so of flour and give it one last mix—BOOM, dough!
- Cover that dough baby and let it nap for 45 minutes to an hour.
- Now, divide the dough into 12-16 equal parts. Roll ‘em into little dough balls, one at a time, while covering the rest so they don’t dry out.
- Preheat a pan—NO oil needed—and cook each dough ball for 20-30 seconds on each side until they’re golden and perfect. Flip ‘em like a pancake pro! 🥞
- **ENJOY!** You just made delicious, homemade flatbread—time to celebrate with some butter, hummus, sandwich, or whatever your heart desires. 😋💕