Pita Bread

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Ingredients

1 1/8 cups warm water
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1 tbs peanut oil
1.5 tsp sugar
1.5 tsp yeast

Directions

Instructions Checklist

• Place all ingredients in bread machine, make bread dough.

• Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface. Gently roll and stretch dough into a 12 inch rope. With a sharp knife, divide dough into 8 pieces. Roll each into a smooth ball. With a rolling pin, roll each ball into a 6 to 7 inch circle. Set aside on a lightly floured countertop. cover with a towel. Let pitas rise about 30 minutes until slightly puffy.

• Preheat oven to 500 degrees F, place rack with stone on bottom. Place 2 pitas on the stone. Bake 5 minutes until puffed and tops begin to brown. Remove pitas from oven and immediately cover them with a damp kitchen towel until soft. Once pitas are softened, either cut in half or split top edge for half or whole pitas. Normally pitas are eaten immediately. They can be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for several days or in the freezer for 1 or 2 months.