Name: Our Simple Passover Matzo Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 3/4 cup white flour*; 1/4 cup water; Extra flour for dusting the rollout area

Are you wondering why we would want to make our own matzo when the traditional, albeit plain and boring, is available at every supermarket in America? First off, with our super easy matzo recipe, it turned out to be a fun project, with a lot more flavor.

Okay, if I am being honest, it’s not really that much more flavor. I mean, how much can you expect from only two ingredients: flour and water. One is either making matzo, or children’s paste (don’t worry, the proportions are quite different.) Although, fresh from the oven makes it seem tastier.

For us, it started when we were overseas. Commercial matzo, when we could find it, was $10 per box. We weren’t thinking we would ever be writing about it, so we didn’t take photos, a decision I regret. However, it did look pretty much like this:

Two pieces of homemade matzo — Homemade matzo.
Photo credit: Roban Kramer. Licensed by creative commons attribution 2.0.
(Also used in the recipe card and pin below).

Ours didn’t have the neat little rows you find in commercial matzo. Our divets were much more random.

Homemade matzo

What we learned is that making matzo is easy. Actually, it’s simple. After all, one of the reasons we eat matzo on Passover is to remind ourselves of the rush of the exodus in which our ancestors carried with them only simple bread that didn’t have time to rise.

Time was the issue then, and it still is today. The preparation must be quick. And time matters if you are making it for Passover, not so much if you are making it for any other time of the year.

Timing is critical for a successful Passover matzo recipe

Time is a significant issue when you make your own matzo.

Not more than 18 minutes can pass once the flour and water mix until the matzo is baked.

Our Simple Passover Matzo Recipe

Yield: 4-6 pieces

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 6 minutes

Additional Time: 7 minutes

Total Time: 18 minutes

Super easy homemade matzo

Ingredients

3/4 cup white flour*
1/4 cup water
Extra flour for dusting the rollout area

Instructions

Place a flat pan/baking sheet inside the oven and preheat to 475F (250C).
Mix the flour and water in a bowl (start watching your time now).
Using approximately 2 Tbsp of the mixture, form a ball, and roll out flat on a floured surface.
Use a fork to prick the flattened dough all over (or in neat little rows if you can do it quickly).
Place the flattened dough on the preheated baking sheet in the oven.
Cook for a couple of minutes each side or until starting to brown
Remove cooked matzo from the oven.

Notes

* Kosher for Passover matzo uses kemach shel matzah shamura (flour watched from harvest to packing to make sure it has not come into contact with any moisture).

Matzo Recipe Tips

Unless you have an oven like this, we recommend that while one piece of matzo is cooking, roll out the next piece, so that there is a continuous flow of flattened matzo for the oven.

Wood fired traditional oven can be used for making homemade matzos. — Photo Credit: Pixabay

To speed up the process, have three people making it assembly-line fashion (one to mix, one to flatten, one to cook).

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Homemade matzo

Timing is critical for a successful Passover matzo recipe