Sunday, March 21, 2010

Pita Bread

I found this recipe at: http://mideastfood.about.com/od/breadsrice/r/pitabreadrecipe.htm

I wasn't sure if they would work, but they did! A perfect pocket in the middle.

Ingredients:
1 pkg of yeast (2 1/4 tsp)
1/2 cup warm water
3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp sugar
1 cup lukewarm water

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Add sugar; stir until dissolved. Let sit 10-15 min until water is frothy.

Combine flour and salt in large bowl.

Make a small depression in the middle of the flour and pour yeast water into it.

Slowly add 1 cup lukewarm water and stir until elastic (use wooden spoon or rubber spatula).

Place dough on floured surface and knead 10-15 min until dough is smooth and elastic, not sticky. (You may need to keep adding flour to the surface.)

Coat large bowl (I used the one I mixed the dough in) with oil. Put dough in and flip it over so all sides are greased.

Allow to sit in a warm place for about 3 hours or until it has doubled in size (it took 2 hours for mine).

Once doubled, preheat oven to 500F. Position rack as low as possible in the oven, and put in your baking sheet to preheat. Roll dough into a rope and make into 10-12 small balls. Let sit on a floured surface for 10 min.

Roll out each ball into circles about 5-6 inches across and about 1/4 inch thick.

Back each circle for 4 min until bread puffs up. Turn over and bake 2 more min. Remove from baking sheet (and repeat for next set of circles).

Gently push down on the puff. Immediately place in storage bags. Can be stored for a week without being frozen or a month if frozen.

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