Pita Bread Recipe
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Ingredients: 1 1/4 c. warm water
1 Tbsp. yeast
Mix yeast in water until dissolved.
3 c. flour, divided
1 tsp. salt
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Directions:Combine yeast and water in a mixing bowl and let dissolve and begin to bubble. Add half of flour and beat by hand then add salt and rest of flour and mix into a stiff dough.
Knead 5-7 minutes until smooth. Let dough rest 15 min.
Cut into 8 pieces. Keeping a round ball and roll on floured board to 1/4 inch thick. Let dough rise for 45 min. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 4 minutes @ 500º then reach into oven and turn the roll over quickly and bake 2 minutes longer. Be careful reaching into oven, but don't remove baking sheet from oven, the Pita will not puff up so you will have a pocket. Place on a clean dish cloth and stack and cover with the cloth. Let cool till ready to use. Use scissors to cut in half making 16 pocket pitas. |
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Time:15 min. prep/ 45 min rising time |
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Notes: We like this with the recipe *Steak and Everything In main dish beef section of this book, as the filler. Any left over pitas get filled the next morning with scrambled eggs and bacon.
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