Soft Wrap Flatbread

"This is a soft, fluffy flatbread similar to Taco Bell's gorditas or Quizno's Sammies. The recipe comes from King Arthur Flour."
 
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Ready In:
1hr 20mins
Ingredients:
6
Yields:
8 flatbreads
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Place 2 cups of the flour into a bowl or the bucket of a bread machine.
  • Pour the boiling water over the flour and stir until smooth.
  • Cover and set mixture aside for 30 minutes.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the potato flakes, remaining 1 cup flour, salt, oil and yeast.
  • Add this to the cooled flour/water mixture, stir, and knead for several minutes (by hand, mixer or bread machine) until it forms a soft dough.
  • If using a bread machine, it is not necessary to let it knead the full cycle--about 5 minutes after it gets up to full speed is enough, but the full knead cycle will not hurt it.
  • The dough should form a ball that is somewhat sticky.
  • If kneading by hand, keep your hands and work surface lightly oiled.
  • Let the dough rise, covered, for 1 hour.
  • Divide dough into 8 equal pieces, about 3 ounces each, cover and let rest for 15 to 30 minutes.
  • Roll each dough portion into a 7" or 8" circle.
  • Dry-fry (fry without oil) over medium heat for about 1 minute per side, until puffed and flecked with brown spots.
  • Adjust the heat if they seem to be cooking either too quickly or too slowly--cooking too quickly means they may be raw in the center, while too slowly will dry them out.
  • Transfer the cooked breads to a wire rack, stacking them to keep them soft.
  • Serve immediately, or cool slightly and then store or freeze in plastic bag.

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Reviews

  1. I follow this recipe exactly using my KitchenAid mixer. I measure carefully and I've never had to make an adjustment. The dough pulls together very well and is easy to handle. I weigh the entire dough ball in grams and divide it by 15. I roll each round into a 5-6 inch circle and dry fry in my cast iron chicken fryer on the stove top. We eat so many of these I decided that portion control was in order! Thank you for the great recipe.
     
  2. This is a great recipe and produces soft wraps unlike a lot of other recipes I have tried.<br/><br/>I was a bit concerned when I tried to stir in the boiling water as it formed a stiff dough, not easy to "Stir". Also the "Whisk the other ingredients" has a similar result and just produced a powder. When I mixed the two together (in a food mixer) I had to add a small amount of water to get it to a dough. Also it didn't rise much if at all when I left it for an hour. <br/>However it turned out great. <br/>Instead of rolling eight wraps to 8 inches I rolled them out as thin as I could and produce more like 16 great wraps.
     
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