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PitaBread

This is a really simple Pita Bread recipe, for baking in an oven or on the grill. Slightly sweet and great freshly made.

Info

• Prep Time: 120 minutes
• Cook Time: 4 minutes
• Yield: 8 pieces

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 2 tsp yeast
• 1 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Hardware

• mixing bowl

Instructions

1. Mix yeast with flour, salt, and sugar.
2. Add olive oil and water to flour, combining into a ball.
3. Knead for ~10 minutes, or until smooth.
4. Place dough ball in oiled bowl and rise covered with a damp towel, for ~90 minutes or doubled in size.
5. Punch down the dough and divide into 8 balls. Let rest for 20 minutes.
6. Roll out each ball to ~1/8 inch thick. If it doesn't stretch well, let rest some more.
7. Bake at 400 degrees F for ~3 minutes (total).

Notes

Slightly more salt and sugar works well. On the grill, medium high worked well, flipping after 2-ish minutes.

Source

FreshLoaf Pita Bread