Homemade Pita Bread Recipe

Step 1

Put flour and yeast and sugar and salt in a stand mixer and mix.

Step 2

Then add olive oil and water. Mix until the dough is formed. It can be a little sticky. Add a little flour if needed.

Step 3

Cover and rest for 1 hour so the dough is doubled in size. Do not punch the dough down.

Step 4

Preheat the oven and a pizza stone to 500F.

Step 5

Divide the dough into eight pieces and cover for 15 minutes to rise.

Step 6

Take one dough ball and keep the rest covered.

Step 7

Use your fingers to shape the dough into a disk and don't let the air out. Gently roll out the dough using a rolling pin. The disk shouldn't be thicker than 1/4 inch.

Step 8

Place the rolled disk on the hot pizza stone (or baking sheet) and close the oven door. Let it bake for two minutes, it will puff.

Step 9

Flip the bread and bake for another two minutes.

Step 10

Place the baked pita bread on a plate and cover with a towel.

Step 11

Continue baking the remaining pita breads.

Step 12

Store tightly in a plastic bag.