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Baked Unleavened Bread (Handmade Soft Matzo)

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes
Servings: 10 servings
Author: Alyona Demyanchuk
Baked Unleavened Bread is a flatbread with no leavening. This is how to make a quick, handmade, soft Matzo. Known within the Jewish community, it represents a meaningful feast in memorial of the Biblical event called Passover. This recipe for unleavened bread can be eaten for all seven days with no complaints! It's a staple bread every year, especially for the Passover holiday (Pesach). 

Ingredients

Ingredients:

  • 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour ** (360 grams, plus more for dusting)
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup water
US Customary - Metric

Instructions

How To Make Unleavened Bread:

  • Combine the ingredients to make a ball of soft dough. It will be slightly tacky.
  • Cut a piece of parchment paper 18" long. Sprinkle with flour and roll the dough into a 15x8 oval on the parchment paper.
  • how to roll and score unleavened bread
    Lightly score the top by running a knife through it to make diamond shapes. (Don't cut all the way down. This is to make serving easier as each person can tear off a piece).
  • how to bake unleavened bread
    Transfer the paper onto a baking sheet and place it on the bottom rack of the oven. Broil at High for about 5 minutes per side or until bread is spotted and golden brown.

Notes

  • Pan Size: I use a large 18x13-inch sheet pan. I like to invert the pan and transfer the matzah bread on top of parchment paper right over the inverted side of the baking pan.
  • Use 360 grams of any flour, including fresh milled hard white wheat, to substitute for all-purpose flour. I like to mix half soft white wheat with half hard white wheat to make my own all-purpose flour blend. 
  • This unleavened bread is cooked on the broil setting of an oven to replicate a Baker's oven. Cooking matzah at a high temperature gives the bread even brown spotting.
  • The metric system is the best for making bread. I measured out the flour and weighed it to convert it into grams for the most accurate results. 

Nutrition per serving

Serving: 1servingCalories: 149kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 118mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gCalcium: 5mgIron: 1mg