Pita Bread
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 teaspoons yeast
- ½ teaspoon granulated sugar
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons kosher salt
Instructions
Prepare dough
- Add water, yeast, and sugar to large bowl. Stir to combine.
- Add ½ cup flour to mix. Whisk together.
- Let sit uncovered for 15 minutes.
- Add olive oil, salt, and 2 cups of flour.
- Stir with wooden spoon until dough starts to come together.
- Sprinkle a little flour on top, then knead in bowl until dough starts to form a ball, approx. 1 minute.
- Turn dough onto floured surface or pastry cloth.
- Knead for 2 minutes.
- Cover for 10 minutes.
- Knead for 2 minutes more, adding flour only as needed.
- Place in clean mixing bowl.
- Cover with plastic wrap and then kitchen towel.
- Let sit until dough has doubled, approx. 1 hour.
Prepare individual pita breads
- Place pizza stone in oven, if you have one.
- Preheat oven to 515° F.
- Divide dough into 6 pieces.
- Roll each piece into a ball.
- Cover and let sit for 10 minutes.
- One dough ball at a time, shape ball into a disc, being careful not to press out all the air.
- Finish by using rolling pin to roll disc into flat 7-8 inch disc about ⅙ to ¼ inch thick.
Bake pitas
- When first disc in rolled out, place it on pizza stone.
- Bake until the pita just starts to brown, about 2 to 2 ½ minutes, then flip and bake for 1 to 1 ½ minutes more.
- Remove from oven and cover with towel while other pitas bake.
- If you have a large enough baking surface, you can bake several pitas at once.
- Cover baked pitas until ready to serve.