Peppy's Pita Bread recipe

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Ingredients

1 ⅛ cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 ½ teaspoons white sugar
1 ½ teaspoons active dry yeast

Nutrition Info

191.1 calories
carbohydrate: 36.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 2.2 g
fiber: 1.4 g
protein: 5.1 g
saturatedFat: 0.3 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 293 mg
sugar: 0.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place all ingredients in bread pan of your bread machine, select Dough setting and start. When dough has risen long enough, machine will beep.

  2. Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently roll and stretch dough into a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each into a smooth ball. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle. Set aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with a towel. Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy.

  3. Preheat oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Place 2 or 3 pitas on a wire cake rack. Place cake rack directly on oven rack. Bake pitas 4 to 5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove from oven and immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft. Once pitas a softened, either cut in half or split top edge for half or whole pitas. They can be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for 1 or 2 months.

Recipe Yield

8 pitas

Recipe Note

It's easy to make homemade pita-style bread in your own oven using this easy-to-follow recipe.

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