Easy Homemade Pita Bread Recipe

So airy, soft, tender! Perfect! The dough for pita bread at home is mixed from the simplest ingredients. From the specified amount of products you will get 4 round pita bread with a diameter of 18 centimeters. You can make round, oval or oblong pita bread.
cook time: 1h 10 min
Maya Lindell
Easy Homemade Pita Bread Recipe

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

249
Calories
6g
Fat
36g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Salt 0.5 tsp
Sugar 0.5 tbsp
Wheat flour 325 g
Water 250 ml
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Dry yeast 0.5 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to knead lavash dough at home? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Sift the flour. This way she will be saturated with oxygen. This will make the dough softer and more airy. Heat the water to 35-38 degrees. It should be warm, but not hot, otherwise the yeast in it will die. Add yeast and sugar to warm water and mix thoroughly. Instead of water, you can use potato broth or milk and water, mixed in equal proportions.

Step 2

Step 2
Add salt, stir a little until it dissolves, and then add some of the sifted flour and stir until smooth. I poured in about half of the prepared flour and after the initial stage of kneading, the dough came out like pancakes. You may need a little more or a little less flour than the specified amount, depending on the source products, as well as the properties of the flour. You can read more about this in the article about flour, link at the end of the recipe.

Step 3

Step 3
Next, add the rest of the flour and continue kneading the dough with a spoon until it begins to come together. Place the dough on the table, pour refined vegetable oil on it and continue kneading with your hands. You can also add a few drops of oil to the table and lubricate your hands with it.

Step 4

Step 4
Knead the dough for several minutes until elastic. The dough turns out soft and elastic, pleasant to work with. Form the dough into a ball.

Step 5

Step 5
Place the dough in a bowl lightly greased with vegetable oil, cover with cling film and leave in a warm, draft-free place for 1 hour to rise.

Step 6

Step 6
When the dough has risen well and increased in volume, punch it down, divide into 4 parts and bake thick pita bread in the oven. Do not allow the dough to sit too long, as it will become acidic and the baked goods will not taste good. The risen dough becomes fluffy and airy — the lavash from it will turn out very soft and fluffy.

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