Local-Style Lavosh

2 3/4 c flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 c sugar

1/2 c butter

1 c buttermilk

3 tbsp poppy seeds (or sesame seeds, or combination)

Sift flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar together. Cut in butter until crumbs form. Stir in buttermilk and poppy seeds. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Using a #40 disher (a generous tablespoon), scoop dough into balls onto floured surface. Flour hands well and smooth balls. Flour dough balls well. On a piece of parchment paper, roll ball of dough out as thinly as possible. Repeat with remaining balls of dough. Place lavosh, parchment paper and all, on cookie sheet. Bake for 23 minutes. Remove lavosh to cooling rack and cool completely before storing.