My Lime Green Kitchen

Pita bread is easy to make!  And it’s like magic the way that pocket is formed in there.  How does that work?  Beats me!  You can stuff all kinds of yummy things in those pockets and your friends and family will think you’re a gourmet cook!

Pita Bread

2 packages yeast (that’s about 4-1/2 teaspoons)
1/2 c. warm water
2 tsp. salt
2 cups water
6 – 8 cups flour
2 T. honey

Dissolve yeast in 1/2 c. warm water and let sit about 5 minutes.

Combine honey, salt and 2 cups water.  Add yeast mixture.  Stir (or use mixer) in 4 cups flour.  Continue adding flour until dough is smooth and satiny.  I usually remove from mixer while the dough is a bit sticky and hand knead in the remaining flour needed.

Shape dough in a ball and place in a greased bowl.  Turn to grease the whole ball of dough.  Cover with greased plastic wrap and let sit til about doubled.  Punch dough down, pull off small pieces and roll into circle about 1/4″ thick.

Place on a cookie sheet, cover and let rise about 30 minutes.  Bake at 450 til the tops begin to slightly brown.  You do not want the bread to get crusty!  It shouldn’t take more than 10 – 12 minutes to bake.

This recipe makes about 12 good sized pieces.  I divide the dough into thirds.

Yes, I get real anal about getting the pieces even.

With a little help from the kitchen scale, and calculator, all three balls of dough weigh in at exactly 16.2 ounces.

I’ll divide one ball into four approximately four ounce pieces and those will be the pieces I use now.

The other balls are wrapped in greased plastic wrap and then sealed in FoodSaver bags, frozen for later use.

Anything going into the freezer needs to be labeled . . what’s in the bag and the date, and then added to your list of what’s in the freezer.

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