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Pita 01

Arielle's Recipe Archives: Pita 01 is a home-style recipe made with Water, All Purpose Flour, Salt, Oil, Sugar, and Active Dry Yeast.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 1 1/8 cup
• 3 cup
• 1 tsp
• 1 tbsp
• 1 1/2 tsp
• 1 1/2 tsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Place all ingredients in bread pan, select Dough setting and start.

2. 2

   When dough has risen long enough, machine will beep.

3. 3

   Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface.

4. 4

   Gently roll and stretch dough into 12 inch rope

5. 5

   With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8 pieces.

6. 6

   Roll each into a smooth ball.

7. 7

   With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle.

8. 8

   Set aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with a towel.

9. 9

   Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy.

10. 10

    Preheat oven to 500 F. Place 2 or 3 pitas on a wire cake rack.

11. 11

    Place cake rack directly on oven rack.

12. 12

    Bake pitas 4 to 5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown.

13. 13

    Remove from oven and immediately place pitas in a sealed brown paper bag or cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft.

14. 14

    Once pitas a softened, either cut in half or split top edge for half or whole pitas.