Name: Pita Bread
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 12, which will serve 6
Cuisine: Israel
Ingredients: 1¼ cups warm water; 3½ cups flour, or as needed; 1 package dry yeast; 2 tablespoons olive oil; Scant 2 teaspoons salt; ¼ teaspoon sugar

Preparation info

Makes 12, which will serve
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Healthy Jewish Cooking

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2000

About

These soft, flat, puffy breads are the staff of life in Israel, and while it’s easy to find commercial pita bread in the United States, ids fun to make your own. This recipe comes from my stepson, Jake Klein, who learned to make it on the Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi in Rosh Pina near the Golan Heights.

Ingredients

1 package dry yeast
3½ cups flour, or as needed
1¼ cups

Method

Combine the yeast and 1½ cups flour in the bowl of a mixer. Mix in the water, oil, salt, and sugar. Mix on low speed for 3 minutes, then on high speed, for 3 minutes. Turn off the mixer.
Add the remaining flour and mix at medium-low speed until the dough is sm

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