Home made pitas!
2011
I’ve made home made English Muffins, home made crackers, artisan bread, home made tortillas, home made pretzel rolls, but never have I made pita bread!
Last week, my bother in law Jim sent me a recipe that he made for home made pitas. I thought I had printed out the recipe, but when I checked my bag I couldn’t find it, so this recipe comes from a site called The Fresh Loaf.
This recipe makes 8 pitas
Pita Bread
3 cups flour – I used all purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 Tablespoon sugar or honey – I used honey
1 packet yeast (or, if from bulk, 2 teaspoons yeast)
1 1/4 to 1 1/2 cups water, roughly at room temperature
2 tablespoons olive oil, vegetable oil, butter, or shortening
In a mixing bowl, add all the ingredients. Add 1 1/4 cup water. If the dough looks a little dry, you can add up to another 1/4 of water. Mine was fine with just the 1 1/4 cup water. If you have a mixing bowl with a dough hook, put the mixer on for 10 minutes.
Cover and let rise for 90 minutes. Here is what it looked like after rising:
I love this dough because its so soft. Once its risen, divide the dough into 8 equal parts. Each dough ball was 3.5 ounces. Place on a cookie sheet and let rise again for another 20 minutes.
After the dough balls have risen, I took one at a time and rolled it out thin. Here is the important part, roll it out to be about 1/8 inch thin. That way it will bubble up in the oven and you’ll have a pita you can stuff. If it’s rolled out too thick, you will have a pita, but you’ll have to use it as a tortilla because it won’t have a hollow inside. A few of mine did not puff up all the way – but I’m going to use those for pita pizzas.
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. If you have a baking stone, you can use that, I used my pizza pan. I cooked 2 at a time, and the best part is it only takes about 4 minutes for each pita.
Just roll them out right before putting them in the oven.
These made pretty big pitas, so eating half at a meal is plenty. Each WHOLE pita is 211 calories, 3.9 grams of fat, 38 carbs, 5 grams of protein and 1.5 grams fiber.
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On another note, I’ve been busy reading magazines this weekend. I am what you call a magazine-a-holic, and if its a cooking magazine, forget about it! Lucky for me I am involved in a Mom-mail e-mail list of hundreds of Mom’s in my area. People give away stuff, are looking for things, are selling stuff, give referrals, etc… I’ve gotten so many great things from it, but one woman was giving away this, and I was the first to respond:
YEP – cooking magazines!! Mostly vegetarian times, Rachel Ray, a few Cooking Light as well as a few Bon Appetit and Penzey Spices!!!
And, I huge shout out to Hometown Seeds for sending me a free sample of their kitchen herbs. I’m going to give it a shot to see how it turns out.
I was given chives, sage broad leaf, thyme, flat leaf parsley, dill, cilantro, sweet basil, purple basil, and oregano. Check out their site for some great deals to get your kitchen herb garden going, or tons of stuff to plant in your garden this year!
How was your weekend – what did you make? Is it spring where you are? It’s still in the 30′s in Chicago – what’s up with that?
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I love making my own pita bread – this looks perfect!
Simply Life recently posted..Whole Wheat Breadsticks
magazines = best weekend chill activity – love it! and I love that you made your own pitas – that’s awesome!
My weekend was good – stayed in ATL, it rained but we made the best of it!
fittingbackin recently posted..New Flipflops- Would You Rather- New Meatless Pasta Recipe
Those magazine look like so much fun! I really like looking through them as well to get cooking ideas.
It’s still pretty chilly in KC too … and I’m so ready for spring weather!!
Also … your pitas look awesome!
Lesley Lifting Life recently posted..Chicken tikka masala- Local & organic food expo
I’ve never made pita bread before but I always think about it when I make Greek food. I keep telling myself I’ll make them “the next time” I make gyros.
elizabeth recently posted..Chicken Souvlaki
You make the most interesting bread products! The pitas look soft and pillow-y – yummm!
Nice haul on the magazines!
Shelley B recently posted..Friday Mishmash
Wow, that’s so cool to make your own pitas! And wow, that’s a lot of mags! hehe
Christina recently posted..Friday Firsts – Breakfast Nachos
I inherited a pizza stone from a friend who’s MIL died and she decided to give me a bunch of her cooking and bakeware since she didn’t do much of it herself. The first thing I did with it was make pita bread…and I exploded the stone! LOL! I was dumb and didn’t research how to care for the stone and washed it right before using it and I think the water expanding inside it caused it to explode. So sad.
It’s nice to know I don’t have to have one to make the pita bread though–yours looks perfect! Congrats on winning all those delectable mags and the spices–woot! It’s not spring any more in KS. It was and then today it started snowing. booooo 
Veronica recently posted..Favorite Chocolate Cake- plus tiered cake tips
I’m impressed I included two SAD faces in my comment above b/c usually I overuse the happy faces. So in order to remedy the situation….
Veronica recently posted..Favorite Chocolate Cake- plus tiered cake tips
Looks like u hit an jackpot with those magazines….pita’s look perfect…
Lubna Karim recently posted..Thotakura Fry-Amaranth Leaves Stir Fry
Still in the 30s!
Charlie Hills recently posted..Attempt 105- Week 4
Oh cool!!! I’m so impressed that you made your own pita. And NO WONDER you jumped at the chance to grab those magazines!!! WOO HOO!!! Let the recipe testing begin! Have a great day Jenn.
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Wow those pitas look professional! I’m so impressed with all the bread creations you’ve made…I’m so intimidated by everything but pizza dough!