Awesome. Im a huge flatbread fan, I have some red-lentil dal in the fridge that would be great with some flatbread! Nice and light and simply wonderful. I used a baking stone and loved it. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Ive never made flatbread at home before, but you have such a lovely knack for finding recipes that are both completely tempting and seem very approachable. I made these last night to go with your mushroom soup. Is it possible to add weights? These look great. This is a delightfully simple recipe and is delicious with other seasoning combinations as well (a bit of roasted garlic, a tablespoon of pesto, etc.) Also made it with chives instead. i have a beach house come on over we will make a batch. My favorite so far has been substituting italian seasoning for rosemary. Works great for an easy, yeast free pizza crust! Whoo! I can almost smell them from here. Thanks again Smitten Kitchen! Thanks so much! 502 reviews. Love this recipe (my sister also says it is her favorite cracker) and I love making it. It seems very fancy but is so easy to make. Thanks for this recipe. Cant wait to make them. :), Yessssssss I knew I held onto that fresh rosemary for some meaningful purpose. I will definitely make it again, maybe with other spices like zaatar. It has been a MAJOR crowd pleaser and its so easy! YUM! It will most certainly be The Recipe of the Century!!! I have a hard time putting more than one on the pizza stone at a time so have found that if you merely leave them on the parchment paper and heave the combo on the oven rack they bake just fine allowing me to make more faster! It is GREAT with champagne. Delicious! Just made the flatbread, but mine did not come out cracker crisp. Theres something intoxicating about the smell of freshly baked pastry. I made these the day before yesterday. Ill be giving this a try soon. Thank you! Ah, that was a mistake, now edited. This is really easy recipe. Its possible to find pareve (non-dairy/non-meat) dough in the Kosher frozen food section or at a Kosher butcher or grocery store. Great recipe, thanks! In the mean time, I cant wait to try out this recipe! Thank you. So thank you for the simple recipes and pumping up the courage with success at the excellent spelt everything crackers. $11.81 +. LOVED IT! 9 essential traits of a good husband. Yikes. I brought them yesterday as an appetizer for Thanksgiving and served them with a goat cheese spread. But I have a pretty exciting/daunting task ahead of me: stocking my very own kitchen! We made these last night to go with a casual dinner of hummus, cheeses, olives, roasted asparagus, and the warm cherry tomato salad featured with your baked feta recipe. Thanks for another to add to my folder of recipes! This was sooooo good! We really like Chinese scallion pancakes but theyre a pain to make and a little greasy (no chance of ever getting them in a restaurant around here). The recipe was very easy to follow and produced a beautiful batch of flatbread. Lastly, for easier blending, use slightly warm water, and mix it and the olive oil together before pouring it in. And yes, I am angling for that Labor Day invite to the Maine beach house! Yes, you put them on the pan youve heated in the oven. Thanks for this a-mazing recipe. I made this for the moms in my playgroup and it went over very well, especially with the vegan mom. I do wish I had sea salt, as I think it could use that zing. Or what else can I do? This is a super recipe, the kind that you memorize, that becomes part of how you eat. I decided on a whim to make these; Id had them bookmarked for ages. I find the minced rosemary inside the cracker is sufficient to perfume the cracker without overwhelming it. Served with chips or baked chips (150/100 cal) and a pickle (5 cal). This is fantastic!!! Like Amy, I used white whole wheat flour and it was delicious. We have a rosemary bush in the yard that is going crazy, and everything else in the pantry it was meant to be! Served with blue corn chips and salsa. I love these! I used nearly 3/4 tsp table salt and sprinkled Gruyere on top of one; I think I may do all of them with cheese next time! Woke up this morning wondering why I stupidly didnt save myself even a small piece and just got finished making a batch all for myself. how do you think it would be on the grill. Oh dear me! On the first flatbread, I found that I had not rolled it thin enough and it took about 15 minutes to bake. Hello! Could I make this with fresh ground whole wheat flour? $15.08+. Made these with 1cp ap flour and 3/4cp bobs low carb whole grain flour ( thats what was at my bodega in this time of insanity). Had fresh rosemary from my garden. Had it with Italian Wedding Meatball soup and my children and husband loved it. <3. I set off the smoke alarm with it once (sensitive system, things werent browed yet), so now Im very careful. I made this flat bread over the weekend as a pizza crust. I woke up this morning and realized that I did not think of a quick bite for our pre-dinner cocktails. I think bleu cheese and white wine would be a good combo as well. Though not as filling as a regular pizza, the flavor was much better. I made this last night- it was supposed to be a snack, but like Rachel, ended up being dinner! Probably took 15 min at 450. I am newly on Keto, so gonna give these a go with fear and trepidation, for our small group tomorrow night. I would eat it all! Didnt use the rosemary since these were going w/a basil dip, and didnt want to have competing flavors. Thanks. They look divine and so very simple. Holy yum! I was serving ratatouille tonight, and didnt have time to make fresh bread these were the perfect solution, as they were done in 20 minutes, and everyone loved them. I used 1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour and baked for 8 minutes. Or parma. I was looking for something to do with my excess sourdough starter, but was uninspired by any of the discard recipes out there. He is currently one of my daily reads. Lightly brush tops with additional oil and scatter small clusters of rosemary leaves on top (if using), pressing in slightly. Super simple recipe like this one also. SO good with goats cheese. Fifty recipes is my goal, and this is one of the first I tried (wrote about it: http://foodanddo.lindsaybeeson.com/2011/10/08/day-18-of-101-chipping-away-at-my-fifty-recipes/). So far its been quite fun. Oh, Deb, you sweetheart youve taken care of this for me, now! The texture was grainy and unappetizing. We're saying they've tried. EVERYONE raves on it. It wasnt the highlight of my cracker recipes. Just as promised, theyre strong enough to use for dipping and light enough that they eat like a cracker. Love it. She will not shut up about that zaatar. Made some yesterday morning to give to a friend with some tapenade. It was great! how to prevent pilling between legs. Thats the first time Ive cooked bread and it turned out fine! You werent kidding when you said this was recipe was easy! Not if there is a way around that or its just inevitable. Added cilantro, crushed pistachios andslivered sundried tomatoes in oil to flatbread base recipe . Ive never made lavash before. I wonder what it would taste like made with sesame oil instead of olive oil and no rosemary. Ive been reading a lot of recipes (not a hardship) and will be trying a lot of new things (shakshuka is scheduled for the week after next). I like the look of this! Thanks for the inspiration! Thank you for such a great and easy recipe! Anyone making food gifts at the holidays looking for a savory treat should try these in lieu of cookies. I would give this 6 out of 5 stars. I may play around with it more, but this was a bit of a miss for me. She wants everyone to know she has it! This would make a great addition to a summer BBQ. Its also possible they needed a little more water, but Ive never found that when I make them. Any ideas on dip or ac compliments to the bread? The dough wont fight the rolling pin if it gets a chance to chill out. Decided to try it with black pepper and parmesan, in the oven now. I was blown away by how good this was relative to how easy the recipe was. How have I not commented already?! I brought church refreshments this past Sunday and opted to make these crackers to go with the spinach dip, instead of the store bought cracker options. Thanks for commenting! Thanks for another simple, classy recipe! Thank you for sharing a great recipe! Took this and the feta salsa to a lunch with friends this afternoon and was asked a couple of times where I bought them :) Thanks for helping me be a popular guest, yet again! Delicious! Sorry still confused. It was crisp throughout and nicely flakey. Ive been a devoted fan of this site for quite some time now and this is exactly why (oh and not to mention the amazing photography and witty writing)! But to start, lets talk about this recipe, something I think everyone in the entire world should have in their repertoire: Flatbread. But actually, I also tried it as a pizza base, and it was great! How do you make them crispy and brittle? Thank you so much in advance. :/. Youre more than welcome to come up to my country house if you bring this along with that eggplant dealie and some cheese! since I doubt that my batch is gonna last any longer!!! I was looking for something to make for tonight for the bf and myself. hi i made this today using whole wheat flour (100%) and thyme (thats what i had in the herb garden) and everyone loves them. One quick note to add (& maybe others have done this): Before baking, I gently score/slice each of the three rounds into wedge-shaped slices that can then be broken into other rustic shapes. I did one batch with no brushed olive oil on top and they were indistinguishable from the ones with the brushed tops. We wont be buying flatbread at the store any longer. ;-), This looks amazing! Perhaps some additional baking time would have helped? Make a well in center, then add water and oil and gradually stir into flour with a wooden spoon until a dough forms. This was exactly what I needed to know. 1/2 pound of hot roast beef, provolone, mayo, toasted on New Orleans French bread. I have been enjoying it all -even the burnt and saltless pieces- with home-made hummus and will definately make this agian. A definite keeper! I may have gobbled it all up by tonight, it is so wonderful together, Thanks a lot for adding the weights, too, it makes it a lot easier for me *heart*. Two questions: I know, sounds like a lot of different flavors going on but it was delicious!!! I tried this with 100% whole wheat flour, you know to feel less guilty about eating the whole thing! Thank you. Ive made it lots of times just as it is written, but made it again today, subbing corn meal for about 1/3 of the flour to make a heartier, more corn-chip like cracker. Thanks for sharing Deb! Thank you so much! I just finished baking the first one and I just had to come rush back to say thank you for sharing this! Everyone begged for the recipe! Thank you, Well. So I swapped the rosemary for basil and added a bit of honey to pair with the nectarine-basil salsa. It seemed horrible they cracked when I tried to roll them, I couldnt get them thin enough, and they took 17-20 minutes to begin to color. I love the richness of the color and thickness of the glass. New 2019 notes: Over the years, Ive dropped a few things that are part of the original recipe: I prefer the flatbreads smaller (its a little easier to control their crisp and color), I dont roll it on parchment (I find it more annoying than facilitating, and the parchment often burned), and I skip the branches of rosemary on top. I also brushed each with olive oil and sprinkled sea salt before cooking. I just whipped these beautiful flatbreads out in about 15 minutes. Avocado Toast. SO delicious, and it looks so easy! I strongly disagree with one of the comments that it makes the crackers unappetizing on the contrary: I took them to work today and Everybody loved them and I already fwded the link to the recipe. EEK!!! YUM!! This has just qualified as a staple in my kitchen. ritz, monterey jack pepper cheese (cheddar, garlic and herb, swiss, or provolone are also delicious), deli ham or 4 slices deli turkey or 4 slices salami, are great too, tomatoes , cut into 8 thin slices each, mayonnaise or 2 tbsp mustard or 2 tbsp barbecue sauce or 2 tbsp hot sauce, pickles (see final step) (optional) or olives (see final step) (optional) or . We were at culinary school over there and one of them is now a professional chef, but she recently called me saying she was craving that bread i used to make. The only thing I could think is that because Im in Florida, the humidity here means that I need to reduce the amount of water. Does it have to be parchment paper? Just made the flatbread about an hour agoso deliciouswe gobbled it up with a chicken liver pate. i either do dishes or knit (two activities i must do, but dont like to), so it doesnt feel like a total waste of time. Thanks. Reuben The Great (Manager's Special) A half sandwich served with your choice of a cup of soup, fresh fruit or Mac & Cheese. Thank you for sharing! I did this to keep the garlic and herb flavors from getting residue on my rolling pin since I dont wash my pin. My Pinterest board is full of your recipes! I usually serve with some kind of spreadable dip, the latest of which is Spicy Ceci Bean Puree from Epicurious. My son asked for these for D week at preschool. This is definitely getting bookmarked and tried out next week (after I go to the grocery store again). Its the perfect thing to scoop any summer salad or vegetable dish, including the one Ill tell you about tomorrow (tease!). A made another batch of the feta salsa (kept it pure this time) and followed the link to the flatbread. Cant wait to make for my family at Easter. Hes now on his way home from the lab. Dear Brooklynbee. I have a bunch of pizza and dough recipes here, if youre looking for inspiration. I ground up a bunch of different grains and made this as you said, and it turned out fantastic!!! Ive wanted to do something similar for a while, but I keep saying later, later.now with a great looking recipe, I have no excuse to keep postponing it. LOVE YOU, Smitten Kitchen. Will clarify. And super easy to make, too! I made this today. Ive made these twice now and they are AMAZING! To Deb: It was brown around the edges. Hi Deb, What are the chances the recipe could be used for soft, light and fluffy cooked up in skillet? We loved it with our beef stew. 26.9 km from tTok | iF. The hubby and I are having a friday night in tonight, so perhaps Ill raid my hearty fire-escape rosemary plant and attempt some flatbread. Id like to try making these with other kinds of flour to see how they turn out texturewise and the time investment is so minimal that if they come out bad, its ok (and Ill probably eat them anyway.) Mine came out more like biscuits :-( Any tips? Any thoughts on this? A heartier flour or more dry climate could affect it though. I followed the directions exactly! I think theyd make a nice pizza base very flaky and almost pastry like. (as I was told not to do by all the family bakers ready with their advice!) 1. ive decided i like it better rolled out not as thin, because then its sort of more bread-y and soft but still crisp around the edges. A half sandwich served with your choice of a cup of soup, fresh fruit or Mac & Cheese. :). Either the dough or the crackers themselves? I am making this tonight to take to Sunday dinner. What a success! Both were quite good. This recipe is delicious! My go to rosemary flatbread recipe is from a pre-Internet issue of Fine Cooking and its very VERY thin and requires chilling before rolling out. Let cool then break into pieces.