# Middle Eastern bread recipes wanted

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 8, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369 "2006-12-08T17:29:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369/1 "2006-12-08T17:29:17Z")

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Our local Middle Eastern restaurant serves “Damascus bread”, which Allrecipes and Epicurious have never heard of. It’s flattish, and not unlike a pita in thickness, but much lighter, with big air bubble-pockets. Comes small or large.

I figured it couldn’t be too hard to make, but my big Middle Eastern cookbook didn’t have anything like it, and neither did my usual Internet sources. We want something that can come fresh out of the oven and scoop us up some tasty stuff. Any ideas or reccommendations? (I’m a pretty good cook but inexperienced with breads and such.)

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**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369/2 "2006-12-08T18:13:08Z")

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Is it like [Naan Bread?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naan)

If so, there are a ton of recipes…

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369/3 "2006-12-08T20:05:03Z")

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It’s been a while since I’ve had naan, but I think this stuff might be a little lighter. Isn’t naan kinda chewy?

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**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369/4 "2006-12-08T20:09:02Z")

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Well, allrecipes has a recipe for Syrian Bread.

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**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/middle-eastern-bread-recipes-wanted/383369/5 "2006-12-08T20:13:04Z")

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[Syrian Bread](http://allrecipes.com/recipe/syrian-bread/Detail.aspx)

From the reviews it looks like it has air bubbles and pockets. Looks tasty, I might make some myself!

I don’t have a breadmaker, I guess I’d make it on a pizza stone or something.