Matzo (Matzah), Gluten-Free
Art of Gluten-Free Baking
http://artofglutenfreebaking.com
Yield: 4 large matzo crackers
Ingredients
3 1/4 cups (470 grams) Jeanne’s Gluten-Free All Purpose Flour Mix
1 1/4 cups (295 ml) water
extra tapioca flour for rolling
Baking Directions
Place a pizza stone in a middle rack in the oven. Preheat oven to 475 degrees F/240 degrees C/Gas Mark 9. If you don’t have a pizza stone, then just position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat it to 475 degrees.
In a large bowl, place flour. Add water. With a spoon, mix the flour and water until combined. Complete the mixing process with your hands. The dough should be firm and tacky but not too sticky. Add a bit more flour or water, if needed, to create the right texture.
Form dough into a large ball. Divide the dough into 4 pieces.
Place a large piece of parchment paper on your rolling surface. Sprinkle the parchment paper with a little bit of tapioca flour. Place one of the balls of dough on the floured parchment paper. Sprinkle the top of the dough lightly with a bit more tapioca flour.
With a rolling pin, roll dough as thinly as you can. It should look a bit transparent in places. Use more tapioca flour as needed to make sure the dough doesn’t stick to the rolling pin. With a fork, pierce the dough all over. This is called “docking.” This step is imperative, because matzo isn’t supposed to puff up. It’s supposed to be a flat cracker-like bread.
Trim the parchment paper around the rolled out dough to about 1 inch more than the size of the dough all the way around. Place the parchment paper with the rolled dough on the pizza stone in the oven (or if not using a stone, place it on a baking sheet and place sheet in the oven). After 3 minutes, grasp the baking cracker with a pair of long tongs, and with your hands, pull the parchment paper out from underneath the cracker and discard the parchment paper. Bake for another 3 minutes. With a pair of tongs, turn over the baking cracker. Let bake for another 2 minutes, or until the edges become a bit brown. Total baking time is 8-9 minutes.
Remove the cracker from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool. To serve, turn it over so the docked side is face up–it will look like the commercial matzo.
Enjoy!