Whole Wheat Pita
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5
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Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Additional Time
1 hr 40 mins
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Total Time
2 hrs 15 mins
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Servings
8 large
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Course
Appetizer
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Cuisine
Mediterranean
Whole Wheat Pita
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Homemade pitas are so soft and tender, nothing like the hard and stale pitas at the grocery store.
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Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 cups bread flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
- 1 1/4 cups water warm
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook attachment. You can also knead by hand. Mix until all the ingredients are combined then knead until a soft, supple dough comes together, about 5 minutes (8 minutes if kneading by hand). Whole grain dough takes longer to absorb liquid as it develops so the dough will be sticky initially. If it seems impossibly sticky, add a little bit more flour. The dough should be soft and tacky. Cover the bowl tightly with plastic wrap and let the dough rise until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Position an oven rack on the bottom of the oven and place a baking stone on the rack. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Turn the risen dough out onto a floured work surface and cut the dough in half. Cut one half into 4 equal portions and form each into a rough ball. Repeat with the remaining dough half.
- Using a rolling pin, roll out each ball to a circle about 6-inches in diameter and less than a 1/4-inch thick. If the dough springs back let it sit, covered, for 10 minutes to rest until the dough rolls more easily. Keep the remaining balls of dough covered as you roll.
- Use a floured pizza peel to slide the circles of dough onto the hot baking stone or place the circles of dough on your palm and carefully flip onto baking stone. Bake as many pieces of dough as will fit at a time and bake for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the pitas balloon.
- Remove the pitas from the oven and repeat with the remaining pieces of dough. Stack the warm pitas together in a kitchen towel to keep them from crisping as they cool. Store pitas in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Notes
- From King Arthur Flour Whole Grain Baking
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