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Homemade naan bread is like heaven in your mouth. It’s chewy, soft, and pulls apart in your hands the way only naan bread can. This homemade naan recipe is easy, quick, and can be lactose free, to boot!

Naan bread is a type of flatbread with a light, chewy, texture and delicious bubbles on the surface. It’s absolute deliciousness and you’ll be amazed at how quick it comes together.

What to Serve with Homemade Naan

Homemade naan bread can served as a side, as an appetizer, or as your carrying vessel. You can think of naan as an edible spoon… Scoop up soup, hummus, or pico. Pile on meatballs, sauce and cheese, and you have a homemade meatball sub. Every meal is made better with a side of naan.

This homemade naan is so quick and easy, you need very little forethought to get it going. More often than not, that’s my jam.

What is in Homemade Naan?

Bread Flour – but if you don’t have it, just you all purpose flour. I do think bread flour makes a fluffier naan. But all purpose will produce a pretty tasty treat. If you want to/plan to bake homemade bread, I suggest having bread flour stocked!

But if you are just starting out, then use what you have. Don’t let a lack of bread flour stop you.

Water – it’s bread, so yeah, water is a basic. Warm it up though to activate that yeast!

Active Dry Yeast – don’t let yeast intimidate you. As long as your water doesn’t hurt to touch, you should be fine. Aim for warm. If you’d feel comfortable giving a newborn baby a bath in the temperature of your water, you’re in the sweet spot!

Sugar – not to add sweetness…just to get the yeast moving

1% Fairlife Milk – many homemade naan recipes use yogurt. We have to stay lactose free for my daughter, so I loved creating this recipe with a lactose free milk so we can all enjoy delicious naan together. You can use any equivalent dairy milk.

If you use almond milk, you may need to cut the water by about 10 grams, as almond milk is higher in water than dairy milk.

Salt – all bread needs salt:)

Oil – extra virgin olive oil is my go-to in bread, but use what you have.

Infused Herb Topping for Homemade Naan

Homemade naan isn’t complete without an amazing oil topping. This infused herb olive oil is super quick and delicious. It’s the same recipe I use to top my focaccia bread.

In a small bowl, whisk together the following: 2 Tablespoons olive oil, 1 Tablespoon water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, and 2 cloves garlic (or 1 teaspoon if you’re lazy and buy the jarred stuff life me:)

That’s it. You’ll make this while the dough is mixing, or rising, so it has maximum time to soak in the flavors.

Let’s Make Homemade Naan

This is so simple! You’re going to wonder why you never made homemade naan before. Then you’ll subsequently wonder how much is too much when you keep on making them!

This dough is very soft and elastic. It’ll be a touch sticky, but easy to work with. It’s actually quite easy to make by hand, so feel free to work the dough by hand. I use a stand mixer because I have it, so why not?!

Step 1

Add warm water, warm milk (heated in microwave for 10 seconds), yeast, and honey in the bowl of a mixer and give it a quick stir.

Step 2

Add in flour and salt, and knead for about 30 seconds.

Step 3

Add the oil and knead for about 3-5 minutes on speed 3 or 4.

Step 4

Cover with a damp towel and let rise for 30 – 60 minutes, or almost double. I find that about 30 minutes is sufficient.

Step 5

Combine all ingredients for herb infused oil and set aside.

Step 6

Lightly dust your counter with flour and divide the dough into 8 pieces. Taking 1 piece at a time, flatten a bit, then fold the edges into the center. Pinch together and turn over, placing the seem side down. Repeat with the 7 remaining pieces.

Keep all the unused dough under plastic while you’re working.

Step 7

Heat a cast iron skillet on medium heat for about 5 minutes. Drizzle a bit (1/2 – 1 tsp) of oil in the pan just so it shines.

I am not a perfect cast iron pan owner aka I don’t keep it perfectly seasoned, so I start with a bit of oil.

Step 8

Roll out 2 balls of dough, about 1/8″ thick and place them in the hot pan. You should see them bubble up immediately.

Cook for about 30-90 seconds and then flip to the other side and cook again. Place on a wire rack when done.

If you don’t get those signature homemade naan bubbles, let your pan heat up more for the next batch.

Repeat for all remaining pieces.

Step 9

Brush the warm tops with herb infused olive oil and then enjoy the most delicious naan that’s ever come out of your kitchen!

Are you Ready to try Homemade Naan?

Sounds simple, right? It’s very basic, and the rising times are small. That’s what I love! Well, that and this bread is freaking amazing.

I hope you try homemade naan. You won’t be disappointed! Let me know if you try this deliciously simple homemade naan recipe. My family loves it, and I hope yours will too.

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