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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Dissolve the yeast with the sugar in 1/2 c water, let sit a few minutes to proof (foam). | 2. Mix bread flour, baking powder and salt together. Make a well in the flour, and slowly incorporate the yeast mixture, and then the remaining 1 cup of water. | 3. Knead 15 minutes on a lightly floured surface until smooth and elastic. | 4. Divide dough into 2 round pieces. | 5. Sprinkle a large baking sheet with cornmeal, transfer the dough to it. Lightly cover and place in a warm place until doubled in bulk (~1.5 hours). | 6. Meanwhile, bring the glaze ingredients to a boil, let cool. Brush lightly over the dough. | 7. Now for the tricky part! Dip your fingers into the glaze, and punch the dough down with the edges of your hands to form several long parallel ridges along the dough. | 8. Brush the dough with the glaze again, sprinkle with sesame seeds or poppy seeds. Preheat oven to 375°F. | 9. Carefully stretch the dough lengthwise (it should be approximately 8 inches wide and 18 long-- I never measured it!) until it is about 1/4-1/2" thick. | 10. Bake 25-30 minutes, or until golden. The bread should be slightly flexible when done. If you overcook it (as I did in my first attempt- by 8 minutes), it will turn out more like ciabatta-- still good! | 11. Good luck! | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
bread flour	3 1/4	cups		1607.3525	322.9398	53.341	7.3912
water	1 1/2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
active yeast	1 1/4	1/4		-	-	-	-
salt	1 - 1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
sugar	2	teaspoons		36.708	9.1816	0.0	0.0
cornmeal				-	-	-	-
poppy seed				-	-	-	-
flour	1	teaspoon		12.0475	2.6376	0.1959	0.0467
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
water	2/3	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.