Homemade Bazlama (Turkish Flatbread)

Made with yogurt and cooked without oil in a cast-iron skillet, this fresh flatbread stays soft while keeping the calories balanced.

Ingredients

Calories next to each ingredient are for that ingredient across the whole recipe (2 servings), not per serving.

• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (105 g) · 368 kcal in the whole recipe
• 1/3 cup plain yogurt (80 g) · 48 kcal in the whole recipe
• 1 tsp dry yeast (3 g) · 11 kcal in the whole recipe
• 1/2 tsp sugar (3 g) · 12 kcal in the whole recipe
• 1 tsp olive oil (5 g) · 44 kcal in the whole recipe
• 1/4 cup warm water
• 1/2 tsp salt

Method

1. Mix warm water, dry yeast, and sugar in a bowl and let sit for 5 minutes until foamy.

   

2. Add yogurt, olive oil, salt, and flour, kneading into a soft dough; cover and let rise for 30 minutes.

   

3. Divide the dough into 2 equal balls and gently flatten them with your hands into small rounds.

   

4. Heat an ungreased skillet over medium heat and cook the flatbreads on both sides until puffed and lightly browned.

   

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