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Stack of pitas with one pita cut in half.

Homemade Pita Bread (Pita Pocket)

Rich and delish
This homemade pita bread recipe is super easy to make, made with simple ingredients, and creates fluffy and pillowy pita pockets that you can fill with anything!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Rise time 2 hours
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mediterranean
Servings 12 pitas
Calories 307 kcal

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1 Kg Flour
  • 1 tablespoon Active dry yeast
  • 2 teaspoon Granulated sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Kosher salt
  • 3 cups Water

Instructions
 

  • In a big mixing bowl of a stand mixer, sift the flour, dry yeast, and sugar and mix well.
  • Add the salt and mix, then add the water. Mix on medium speed for about 10 minutes until you get a soft dough.
  • Let the dough rise and cover with a towel for 1 houror until doubled in size.
  • Punch down the risen dough and transfer the doughonto a floured surface.
  • Stretch the dough into a log, and divide it into 10-12 equal pieces.
  • Shape each piece into a ball. Cover with a towel for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat an oven to its highest temperature.
  • Sprinkle a small amount of flour on a work surfaceand roll each piece into a circle using a floured rolling pin.
  • Bake each pita bread in a preheated oven with abaking sheet for 3-5 minutes or until bread begins to puff upand the bottom has brown spots.

Notes

  • Make sure that your yeast isn't expired. You can check if your yeast is expired by mixing a teaspoon of dry yeast with ¼ cup of room temperature water, waiting 10 minutes, and if the yeast has bubbles in it and it puffed a bit, your yeast is alive and good, if there are no bubbles in your yeast mixture, your yeast is probably expired.
  • Be patient! Let the dough rise at least until it doubles its size.
  • Use bread flour! We like to use either all-purpose flour or bread flour for making bread. Bread flour contains more gluten, which makes the dough more stretchy and easy to work with.
  • When rolling the dough balls, be generous with the flour because the dough is pretty sticky. Sticky dough is the secret to fluffy pitas!
  • Make sure that your ingredients are fresh! Make sure that your flour and yeast are fresh and not expired. This step ensures that you will have a great dough to work with.

Nutrition

Calories: 307kcalCarbohydrates: 64gProtein: 9gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 586mgPotassium: 92mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 4mg
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