Homemade Pita Bread
Directions
- 1Add two cups of all-purpose flour to a big bowl.
- 2Add two teaspoons of baking powder and about half a teaspoon of salt.
- 3Mix the dry ingredients with a whisk.
- 4Get three-fourths of a cup of warm water and add about two teaspoons of olive oil to it.
- 5Pour the water and olive oil mixture into the bowl with the dry ingredients.
- 6Mix the dough with a rubber spatula until combined.
- 7Cover the dough and let it rest for about 10 minutes to relax the gluten.
- 8After 10 minutes, flour your surface and transfer the dough onto it.
- 9Lightly flour the top of the dough.
- 10Roll the dough into a big ball.
- 11Cut the dough into six equal pieces.
- 12Roll each piece up into a ball.
- 13If the dough gets sticky, dust it with a little more flour.
- 14Take your rolling pin and roll each dough ball until it's about 6 inches in diameter.
- 15Get a skillet and turn your heat on medium-high until it's ready (when water disintegrates off the pan).
- 16Lay your pita in the pan.
- 17After about two minutes, once it starts to puff up, flip it over and cook for about another minute.
- 18For the last 30 seconds, cover the skillet with a lid to puff up the pita a bit more.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 0.75 cup warm water
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
Equipment
big bowlwhiskrubber spatularolling pinknifeskilletlid
Tips
- If you want a softer pita, brush the outside with olive oil before putting it in the pan, but this is not necessary.
- To puff it up a bit more for the last 30 seconds of cooking, cover it with a lid.