# Greek traditional pita bread

This is a recipe for preparing greek traditional pita bread to eat as a side dish with spreads or stuffed with souvlaki and tzatziki.

- Cuisine: Middle Eastern
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2.5 cups bread flour
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 pack instant yeast
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1.33 cup warm water
- 2 tbsp Greek yogurt or any plain yogurt
- 0.33 cup olive oil
- as needed flour

## Instructions

1. Add into a bowl the flour, the sugar and the yeast and mix and fluffen the flour.
2. Add the salt, the water, the yogurt and the olive oil.
3. Mix with your hands until a sticky dough is formed.
4. Flour the counter about 2-3 handfuls and knead until the dough is not sticky anymore but still very soft and smooth.
5. Drizzle some olive oil into the bowl, add the dough and drizzle again some olive oil over the dough.
6. Cover and let rise until double the size.
7. Flour the counter top and transfer the dough.
8. Make the minimum kneading to shape it and divide into 8-10 dough balls.
9. Flour the dough and with a rolling pin open the pita bread the size and the thickness you desire.
10. Drizzle some olive oil into a preheated skillet and add the pita bread.
11. Drizzle also some olive oil over the pita bread, you know is ready the one side when makes bubbles, then flip it over and cook 2-3 more mins or as needed.

## Equipment

- bowl
- counter top
- skillet
- pan
- rolling pin

## Tips

- After kneading the dough it should feel very soft and smooth.
- You can enjoy the pita bread with some olive oil, salt and oregano as an appetizer or side dish with spreads of your choice or stuffed with souvlaki and tzatziki.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/ClfAT_QO3Xt/?igsh=bHBvOWp1bGZlM2F4
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- Extracted: 2025-05-07

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