Pita Bread Recipe

This should be started about 2 hours before you want to eat. Make extra so that you can have them for lunch. Pita bread pockets are great breads for falafel or tuna fish sandwiches.

Ingredients

2 cups	wheat flour
2 cups	white flour
1 3/4 cups	water
2 teaspoons	yeast
1 tablespoon	sugar
2 teaspoons	salt

Directions

Mix yeast and sugar with one cup of water in a bowl and let sit for 10 minutes.

Mix in 1 cup of wheat flour, and let sit for 30 minutes, until the mixture is frothy.

Heat oven to 450°F.

Mix in remaining flour, water and salt, and kneed for 10 minutes. Cover the bowl and let it raise for 1 hour until the mixture doubles in size.

Separate into 8 equal balls, cover with a damp cloth, and let the balls rest for 10 minutes.

With a rolling pin, roll out each ball to about 1/8 inch thick. Bake for 5 minutes until they puff up into balls.

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