If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that my family loves to eat any type of bread. I don’t know what it is, but something about fresh homemade bread gets them excited. The only problem with making fresh bread is that it can be a long process when making it with yeast…you know the first rise and second rise thing. Well, sometimes I just don’t have the time and my family doesn’t have the patience for me to make a yeast bread. So, I make a No Yeast Flat Bread as an alternative.
The best part of this recipe is that it’s super easy. This No Yeast Flat Bread recipe is a great basic recipe that you can build onto. You can add cheeses, fresh or dried herbs, spices, and more to add your own zing to it. Just play around until you get just the right taste that your family likes. For example, if you have herb butter, substitute that in place of the shortening or maybe use the herb butter to cook the flat bread. It’s really hard to mess this recipe up, so have fun with it.
No Yeast Flat Bread
After mixing the dry and wet ingredients together, divide your dough into 16 equal round balls. On a lightly floured surface, roll and flatten each ball into approximately 5-6 inches wide circles.
*I added in California garlic powder seasoning with about 1/2 tsp. fresh garlic in this batch. I don’t measure when I add additional items. I just add a little of what ever the family feels like eating.*
If you have a large griddle, you can use it to cook multiple flat breads at one time. I just used my pan and cooked the flat breads one at a time using just enough butter to coat the bottom of the pan. Cook on each side until you start to see the bread brown or bubble.
See, super simple, quick, and easy…my kind of recipe. It’ll take you no more than 45 minutes from beginning to end to make this No Yeast Flat Bread recipe. I hope you try it. What would you add in your No Yeast Flat Bread recipe?
No Yeast Flat Bread
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 cup cold water
- 3 tablespoons shortening (optional)
- 1 - 1 1/4 teaspoon salt (I use 1 tsp. if adding in cheese)
Instructions
- Put all dry ingredients in the bowl and mix. *If adding cheese or other fresh/dry ingredients, add it here*.
- Add shortening and cut into dry ingredients. There should be pea-sized or smaller bits of shortening in the mix.
- Add cold water and mix until a dough forms. If the dough is still too sticky, add a bit more flour till the dough pulls away from the bowl. Knead for 3-5 minutes.
- Break dough into 16 equal balls. On a lightly floured surface, roll out into thin circles. I make mines approximately 5-6 inches wide. The thinner you make these the better.
- Place a pan on medium heat and add a thin coat of butter or olive oil. Place bread circles in pan and cook until browned on each side.
Easy & delish. Try with garlic or onion powder.
Great recipe! Love your recipe, easy to prepare and taste great! Thanks for sharing
Amazing! The ingredients are simple and easy to prepare, I have just finished it and the taste is great, thank you for your sharing
Hi, Erlene! While my family loves yeast bread, it’s just not always practical to make. I like the idea of using different add-ins to create a completely different breed. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for sharing at the Say G’day party. I’ve just pinned your post to the Say G’Day Saturday Board.
Hope to see you again this weekend!
Best wishes,
Natasha in Oz
My family would love this! Pinned! Thank you for being a part of our party! Please join us tonight at 7 pm. We love having you!
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
I love a quick flatbread! I’m thinking I’ll have to try some with cheddar. 🙂 Stop on by and share this or any other recipe with us on Five Friday Finds if you get a chance (open until Wednesday midnight)!
I love flat breads, especially those that you don’t have to wait for. These look and sound great! Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!
Thanks for coming and linking up at #TheWeekendSocial. Please be sure to come back next week starting Thursdays at 9PM EST on http://mccallumsshamrockpatch.wordpress.com/ ! I hope to see you there! We really enjoyed reading your blog and can not wait to see what you stun us with next!
XoXo
Heidy
This recipe looks great! I would love to try it out! Thanks for sharing with us on Snickerdoodle Sunday!
Great recipe. I always wanted to try making flatbread. Thanks for sharing on my What Are You Doing? Blog Hop!
I have never tried flat bread. I am going to….pinned. Thank you!
Kathi
Thanks for visiting and pinning. I think you’ll really like this.
Wow does this looks so easy and amazing! I found you over at Do Tell Tuesday. I host Tickle My Tastebuds Tuesday and would love it if you linked up this recipe. I’m sure our party goers would love it as much as I do. Have a wonderful day!!
Erlene, I love flat bread but have never made it. I am definitely giving this a try!! Thanks for sharing on the Four Seasons Party.
I hope you try it and let me know how you like it. I’m sure you’ll have no problem jazzing this up.
Hi Erlene! My kids and I love pita bread, and this looks similar. I’m definitely going to give this recipe a try because I don’t have a lot of time to make yeast breads either. I’m so glad you shared your recipe at Snickerdoodle Sunday! 🙂
My kids love this bread and they eat it as fast as I can make it…lol. I think your kids will love it just as much as my kids do. Thanks for coming by.
I love flatbread–I will have to try this!
My kids love this and I never have any leftovers. Hope you like it.
What a great recipe. I will be trying it. It looks easy and fun and leaves a lot of room to be creative.
Val
I hope you try it. Yes, it’s really easy to put your own spin on this basic recipe.
I am thinking of the possibilities with these! Not only would these be great flavored with garlic, or onions and herbs, but I think these would make great flat-bread pizzas for the kiddos during the week!
Good idea! I think these would make great flat bread pizzas.
Thank you for sharing! I’ll have to try this recipe this weekend.
Let me know how you like it and if you jazzed it up 🙂
I think your bread looks great, like the expensive nanan bread in the store, I’m sure much better fresh baked,I used to bake 7-8 loaves of bread a week for my family of 6 and wish there had been recipes like this at that time. Thank you for stopping by this week and adding my little banner, I have also pinned one of the photos above to our Weekend Party Board.
Thanks again, enjoy your weekend, Karren
Thanks so much for stopping by and pinning. Wow, 7-8 loaves a week would make me so tired…lol. This bread is so much easier and the kids love it.
Thank you for sharing this recipe! I am going to have to try some next weekend.
Hope you like it. Let me know how it turned out for you and if you added anything extra.
I like this recipe!!
Seems so easy and definitely worth trying
Thanks
Winnie it’s super easy and you really can’t mess it up. Hope you try it.
This looks really good! I’m going to pin it to try later – I think I’ll try it with white whole wheat and see what happens. 🙂
Found you at Show-licious. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by and pinning. Let me know how it turns out with whole wheat…would love to know.
I have all the ingredients! Yay! I love flat bread!! Yay!! Yay!! And it’s easy enough for me to make!!!! Yay~~~~
I take it you’re a bread lover too…lol. Thanks for stopping by.
This looks really tasty. The fact that the recipe looks simple means I am definitely going to try it thanks!
I hope you give this a try. It really is a super easy recipe and I make this when I need a quick side filler for the kids.
Oh yummy! My family loves homemade bread too. I’ll have to try this when I’m in a hurry 🙂 If you know of a good ciabatta recipe, let me know!!
I think your family will really like this quick recipe. I don’t know any good ciabatta recipes, but I may have to hit Pinterest up for some recipes to try. I’ve been testing Hawaiian Sweet bread recipes. Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Erlene! So happy to see you around at The Yuck Stops Here! You are certainly missed. I love flat bread, and this certainly looks delicious. How do you think this would hold up on the grill? I know lots of people grill pizza/pizza crust, but I have never tried doing that, so I don’t know all the mechanics of it. Either way, I’m gonna have to try this one! HUGS
Hi Cheryl! I miss the party too, but I haven’t been posting too many recipes lately. I hope to get back into the swing of things and start linking up more often. I don’t know how it would hold up on the grill as I’ve never tried it. I think it would work, but I’m thinking you would have to make it thicker so it won’t fall through the grill grates. I’ll give it a try next time and see what happens. I’m sure grilling this would give it a nice flavor. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
I had been looking for a no yeast bread so glad to see you share this recipe. And adding cheese! that makes it more fun 🙂 I would probably try first as per the recipe and then vary the spice maybe to coordinate with the meal. have a great weekend!
Thanks for stopping by. It’s great with cheese and I vary the spices to coordinate with the meal all the time. Hope you like it.