Pita Bread

I made bread. And no, not in a bread maker. Like real bread. Like roll it with a rolling pin, kind of bread! Who would've thought? 

I always drool over the pitas at the store. So light and fluffy and perfect for sandwiches or hummus, but so expensive. I on,y get four for the price of a whole loaf of sandwich bread. But now, I can make my own! I mean, I doubt I will do it regularly, but now I know I can.

Pita Bread

1 1/4 cup lukewarm water

1 tbsp dry active yeast

2 tsp honey

3 to 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 tsp salt

1 tbsp olive oil

In my stand mixer with the dough hook, I mixed water, honey and yeast. Then I let it rest for 5 minutes. Add  2 and 3/4 cup flour, salt and oil to the water and mix until a ball forms in the mixer and it does not stick to the walls of the bowl. 

Sprinkle the remaining flour onto a flat surface and put dough on floured surface. Split dough into 8 even sections and roll each section into a ball. Cover rolling pin in flour. Roll all 8 balls into 1/4 inch thick disks. Let rest for 30 minutes to puff. 

Rolling the dough

Preheat oven to 425 degrees and place pizza stone in oven to heat up. Once oven is at 450, place the disks onto the stone and bake for 10-15 minutes. Sit back and watch the magic. Puff time!

Flat

Puffed

Finished product

Pocket

I basically ate nothing pt pitas for a day straight. I was obsessed. Dip, ranch dress, salads, sandwiches, just pita with honey drizzled on it. I love it. Now I know my pitas came out a little more dough-ier than I wanted, but it still tasted good. I might try to make the disks thinner. But either way it'll be more than edible. 

Enjoy!

-Akemichan