Pita Bread Recipe

This pita bread recipe is simple to make at home: and watching the pita pockets puff up in the oven is almost like magic!

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While it takes a bit more effort, there is something ultimately satisfying about making your own baked goods. Baking takes a bit of practice, and a few times of failure. But once you’ve gotten used to the techniques and the time involved, it’s a fun activity that costs only a bit of money and ends with something delicious! How about baking your own pita bread? Our pita bread recipe is easy to make at home: and it’s so satisfying to watch those pita pockets puff up in the oven! Keep reading for the recipe.

How to make this pita bread recipe

Maybe you don’t have time to make pita on a regular basis (we don’t either). But making it every so often is a treat! This pita bread recipe is a perfect baking project for beginners: and a fun thing to do with kids too. It’s amazing to watch the dough you just puff into little pita pockets in the oven — almost like magic!

This pita bread recipe has a little bit of whole wheat flour in it for added nutrients and a nutty flavor. To make it, it’s helpful to have a stand mixer and a pizza stone: but you can get by with both. (Here’s the copper stand mixer we use at home.) Mix up the dough ingredients: flour, water, yeast, dough, salt and honey. You can use maple syrup for vegan, if you’d like. Mix them in your stand mixer, or you can hand knead for about 10 minutes until the dough comes together. Then let it rest for 45 minutes (called “proofing”).

After this pita bread recipe proofs for 45 minutes, it’s time to bake! You can bake either using a pizza stone (here’s the best pizza stone we’ve found), or place the pita bread on the grates of your oven. Roll the dough into 8 rounds about 7 inches in diameter. Wait for 15 minutes for the dough to relax. Then pop 4 of them at a time into your oven. Watch as the pita pockets magically inflate! It’s incredibly satisfying to know you’ve made a pita bread recipe with your own two hands. And it’s so tasty you’ll never want to buy it from the store again!

How to eat this pita bread recipe

Of course, if you’ve made it to this pita bread recipe you probably have some ideas on how you’d like to serve it! However, here are a few of our favorite ways to use pita bread:

• As a pizza base—pita bread pizzas are where it’s at! Go to Easy Pita Pizzas.
• Homemade pita chips—pita chips are easy to make yourself. These homemade pita chips are perfect for dunking into hummus or serving as part of Greek nachos.
• As a sandwich—These Greek pita sandwiches are especially good during the warmer months, and this cauliflower shawarma recipe is the perfect winter lunch.

Looking for more bread recipes?

Here at A Couple Cooks, we’re kind of into bread. Here are some of our favorite bread recipes:

• Sourdough Bread Recipe: Simplified (most popular)
• Artisan Dutch Oven Bread
• Healthy Banana Bread
• Chocolate Banana Bread
• Multigrain Artisan No-Knead Bread
• Garlic Herb Focaccia Bread

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Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, and dairy-free.

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This pita bread recipe is simple to make at home: and watching the pita pockets puff up in the oven is almost like magic!

• Author: a Couple Cooks
• Prep Time: 2 hours
• Cook Time: 10 minutes
• Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
• Yield: 8 pitas 1x
• Category: Baked
• Method: Baked
• Cuisine: Mediterranean

Ingredients

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• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast
• 1 ½ cups warm water
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• ½ tablespoon honey or maple syrup (for vegan)

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Instructions

1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine all of the ingredients above. Mix the ingredients with a spatula until a rough ball forms. (Or, mix the ingredients together by hand, then knead for about 10 minutes until a dough forms. Skip to Step 3).
2. Attach the dough hook of the mixer and turn on the mixer at its lowest setting. Slowly raise the speed to medium, adding more water or flour as necessary to form a dough that is just slightly sticky. Knead for 6 minutes at medium speed.
3. When the kneading is complete, remove the dough hook. Place the bowl in a warm spot, cover it with a towel, and wait until it has doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
4. Preheat the oven to 500°F along with a pizza stone, if available. Separate the dough into 8 equal parts and shape each section into a small ball.
5. On a lightly floured work surface, roll each dough ball into a circle using a rolling pin. The circle should be about ⅛ to ¼ inches thick and about 7 inches in diameter. Let rest for 15 minutes.
6. When ready to bake, place 4 dough circles in the oven on the pizza stone, or directly on the oven rack. Bake until the dough puffs up and is pale golden, about 2 minutes on one side. Using tongs, flip and bake for 1 to 2 more minutes on the other side.
7. Remove the pita from the oven, gently compress the puffed bread, and place on a plate covered with a tea towel. Bake the other 4 pita breads. Then wrap all pitas in the towel and place in a bag for about 15 minutes to capture the steam and allow for a naturally soft and chewy pita. If desired, after baking you can freeze the pita rounds in a sealed plastic bag.