Pita Bread

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (you may also use a combination of the two, plus wheat flour) or 3 1/2 cups bread flour (you may also use a combination of the two, plus wheat flour)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, plus a bit for greasing the bowl
• 1 cup water, plus more as needed

Recipe

• 1 place flour in a food processor with steel blade. add salt and yeast, process for 5 seconds.
• 2 while processor is running, add olive oil and water through the feed tube.
• 3 process about 30 seconds and remove cover.
• 4 dough should be barely sticky and in a ball, add water 1 tablespoon at a time if too dry, and process for 5-10 seconds. if dough is too wet, add a tablespoon of flour and process for a couple of seconds.
• 5 place dough on lightly floured surface and and knead by hand for about 1 minute by hand.
• 6 lightly oil a large bowl and put the dough in it. cover and let it rise until doubled, about 2 hours.
• 7 punch dough and divide it into 6-12 pieces. keep lightly floured and covered.
• 8 preheat oven to 500°f, use baking stones, or place a baking sheet on each rack.
• 9 flatten each ball on a lightly floured surface and roll into a 6-8 inch circle. lightly flour each circle as finished, cover, but do not stack.
• 10 starting with the first circles rolled, place each circle on the sheet or stone and bake until lightly puffed (about 2-3 minutes).
• 11 if bread does not puff up, still remove it at 2-3 minutes, creases in dough may cause it not to puff.