Friday, May 22, 2009

Extremely Frugal Pita Bread


Pita
Originally uploaded by Simply Frugal
It's a simple yeast bread, cooked hot and fast in a 500° F oven.

Pita Bread
Yeast 2 1/4 tsp
Sugar 1 tsp
Water 1 1/2 C
Flour 3 C
Salt 1 1/4 tsp


Dissolve yeast and sugar in 1/2 C warm water. Let set 10-15 minutes until water is frothy.

Combine flour and salt, and make a well in the middle.

Pour yeast into well, and slowly add 1 C warm water. Knead 10-15 minutes.

Grease a large bowl. Place dough in bowl and turn once, leaving a thin film on top of dough ball. Cover with a damp towel, and let rise about 3 hours, until double in bulk.

Roll out a thick rope and cut into 12 small pieces. Roll into balls, and place on a floured surface to rest for 10 minutes.

Preheat oven and baking sheet to 500°

Roll dough out into circles 1/4 inch thick. Let proof for 10-15 minutes.

Bake 4 minutes until bread puffs up Turn over and bake 2 minutes longer. Remove with spatula and press down. Cool on rack with moist towel over them.

Don't roll the circles too thin; you'll end up with flatbread crackers that don't puff.

2 comments:

Sheila said...

I'm so glad you posted the pita recipe. I've been trying to do more Greek food and don't like to buy ready-made pitas. I like hummus dip also with these.

Simply Frugal said...

You'll want to try it with the Roman bean dip too.