Tosefta for Pesachim 73:6
אין הכי נמי והאי תנא ביום טוב של פסח קאי תניא נמי הכי בית שמאי אומרים אין אופין פת עבה ביום טוב ובית הלל מתירין
Because it is much in kneading.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., when sufficient dough is kneaded for many wafers.');"><sup>8</sup></span> Alternatively, in the locality of this Tanna bread in large quantity i called thick bread. [Then] what is the reason:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That Beth Shammai forbid it, seeing that we are actually dealing with thin wafers.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Tosefta Pesachim
They fulfill [their obligation of eating unleavened bread] with Syrian cakes (which are thicker loaves), whether shaped into figures or whether not shaped into figures. But they may not make Syrian cakes shaped into figures on Passover [itself]. Said Rabbi Yehuda, Boethus ben Zonin asked the the Sages, why is it that they cannot make Syrian cakes shaped into figures on Passover? They said to him, because it takes a woman significant time making them, and [the dough] becomes leavened [during that time]. He said to them, in that case, they can form them using a mold [which would take less time]. They said to him, they will say, all Syrian cakes are forbidden, [but] the Syrian cakes of Boethus are permitted (which would lead to confusion). Rabbi Yosei says, they may Syrian cakes formed into thin wafers, but they may not make Syrian cakes formed into [thick] loaves.
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