Homemade Pita Bread
A recipe for making pita from scratch. Thre is nothing like warm delicious homemade pita!
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour white or wheat, plus extra for kneading
- 1 yeast packet ¼ oz or 7g
- 1 cup warm water*
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix to form a dough.**
- Once dough is formed, knead on floured surface for 5 minutes.
- Once done, roll into ball.
- Coat mixing bowl with olive oil, and brush dough ball with oil as well.
- Place dough in bowl and cover with plastic wrap.
- Let rise until double in size, about 90 minutes.
- When done, remove and place on floured surface.
- Preheat oven to 450F.
- Break into 8 even parts and roll each piece into a small ball.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out each dough piece to form a pita.
- Place two pitas on baking sheet and place in oven for 5-7 minutes, or until it puffs up.
- Remove to let cool, and repeat until all pitas are baked.
- Enjoy with your favorite meal!
Notes
*If dough is too dry, add a little water at a time to form dough.
**If you need to activate your yeast, do so by following directions on packet. Normally, you just let it sit in the warm water for 15 minutes, then add it to other ingredients and mix to form dough.
**If you need to activate your yeast, do so by following directions on packet. Normally, you just let it sit in the warm water for 15 minutes, then add it to other ingredients and mix to form dough.