I spend a lot of time before bed searching Pinterest while winding down since we do not have tv in our room and for some reason my brain needs a little "me"time to go to sleep. I stumbled across a few recipes, combined items i liked from different ones, tried them out, tweaked them again, and finally came up with a recipe that was kid and hubby tested and approved! If you follow me on Pinterest (which i highly recommend) you can see all the different things that i have pinned to my "nomnomnom"board.
***these pita pockets do take three hours, yes really. So plan on dedicating time to them...they are worth it!***
Pita Bread
3 cups flour (as always i use bread flour from costco. You can't beat 25lbs under $8)
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
2 1/4 yeast or 1 packet if you do not buy it in bulk
1 1/4 cup room temp water
2 tbsp olive oil
Mix dry and wet ingredients in separate bowls, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. mix by hand or stand mixer for 8 minutes. I do not own a stand mixer (shocker i know) so i mix these by hand. Remove dough from mixer or bowl and kneed on a floured counter top for 2-3 minutes, adding flour as needs be. Place dough in a lightly oiled bowl, make sure all sides of the dough is covered with oil. Cover with a towel and let rise for 2 hours.
After 2 hours has passed gently deflate your dough and place on the counter, cut dough into 8 portions rolling each portion into a ball. Cover balls with a damp towel for 20 minutes.
Roll dough out into 6 inch discs and allow to rise for 30-45 minutes.
Preheat oven to 450 and bake for 3-5 minutes.
Tips:
*bake two at a time on a cookie sheet
*do not roll too thin or bread will be difficult to slice into pockets
*store these in a zip lock in the fridge- they will last a full 7 days
*throw in your favorite seasoning! I added some Italian seasoning to mine and they were super yummy
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