Oatmeal Flatbread

Directions

1. 1
   In a bowl, stir together the sugar, melted butter and salt. in a separate bowl, add the baking soda to the buttermilk.
2. 2
   Alternately add the flour and the buttermilk to the sugar/butter mixture.
3. 3
   Stir in the oatmeal.
4. 4
   Preheat oven to 350°F.
5. 5
   To facilitate measuring the amount of dough needed for each piece of flatbread, divide the dough into 2 pieces and roll each into a log. cut 1/3 cup of dough from the log and mark the remaining length of the logs accordingly (i.e., 1/3 cup dough for each piece cut from the dough).
6. 6
   Shape the small piece of dough into a round ball.
7. 7
   Flatten it down on a pastry cloth (or floured surface) with your palm.
8. 8
   Roll paper thin with a rolling pin covered with a pastry sleeve.
9. 9
   Roll onto the pin or the end of a wooden spoon and place the dough on a cookie sheet.
10. 10
    Either cut with a pastry cutter into squares before baking or bake the dough and then break into pieces.
11. 11
    Place in the oven and bake for about 8 minutes, or till the flatbread is lightly browned (baking time will depend on thickness of rolled dough).
12. 12
    Slip the flatbread off the cookie sheet onto a metal rack to cool. (break the dough into pieces now, if desired).
13. 13
    These may be stored in a covered container for weeks.