Tyler Florence's Pita Bread (Bread Machine, Dough Cycle)
photo by kristinflander
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Yields:
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8 pitas
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 cups warm water
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 3 1⁄2 cups bread flour, plus more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1⁄4 teaspoons active dry yeast
directions
- Combine ingredients in a bread machine. Set for a 2 pound dough cycle.
- Toward the end of the dough cycle place the pizza stone on the lowest oven rack and pre-heat it to 500 degrees.
- When the dough is ready punch it down and divide it into 8 balls, keeping it all lightly floured and covered.
- Rest the covered balls for 15 minutes.
- Roll each ball into an eight inch circle, one quarter inch thick, making sure circles are totally smooth, with no creases or seams. Do not stack the disks but keep them covered.
- Put 2 pitas on the hot stone and bake them 4-5 minutes, until they're puffed and a pale golden color. WATCH CLOSELY. They cook really quickly.
- Cool on rack 5 minutes. They will naturally deflate, leaving a pocket.
- Wrap them in a kitchen towel to keep them soft.
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Reviews
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Good recipe. My first go round with it, I made them too big and ended up with crispy pitas. Today, I made them again, rolled them out a little smaller, and baked them on my cooling racks instead og the dark gray non-stick cookie sheets I used last time. They cook up quickly this way and stay nice and soft.
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I found the dough to be a little soft for rolling out. Also when rolled out as big as 8 inches as called for, they stayed a little crisp. I rolled my second batch out to only about 5 or 6 inches and they were much better after being wrapped in a damp towel and placed in a brown paper bag for about 15 minutes.
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