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Matzah

Servings 12 matzahs

Equipment

  • Food processor
  • Pastry docker

Ingredients

  • 2 cups King Arthur unbleached all-purpose flour
  • cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup water
  • 1 ½ teaspoons coarse kosher salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 500° F.

Process dough

  • Put flour, salt, and oil in food processor fitted with steel blade.
  • Start processing, and once machine is on add ½ water.
  • Continue to run machine until dough forms firm ball, rides around on blade, and is not at all sticky.

Shape dough

  • Cut dough into 12 small balls.
  • Flatten each ball into a 3-4 inch patty.
  • On pastry cloth or well-floured surface, roll each patty into 6-inch circle. The dough should be thin enough that you almost can see through it.
  • If you have a pastry docker, roll the docker across the matzo.

Bake

  • Place dough on ungreased cookie sheet, 2 per cookie sheet.
  • Sprinkle generously with salt.
  • Bake 2-3 minutes.
  • Once matzahs begin to puff up and brown, flip and cook for another minute or so.

Notes

Adapted from Olive Oil Matzo, by Mark Bittman, The New York Times.
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