Simple Healthy Pita Bread
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- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
3 cups whole wheat flour2 1/2 cup water1 Packet Yeast1 tsp sugar1 1/4 tsp salt
Dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water. Add sugar and lightly stir until dissolved. Let it sit for 10-15 minutes until the water is frothy. Make a depression in your bowl of flour and pour in your yeast mixture.
Slowly add 1 cup of warm water and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture is combined. Flour your working surface, place the dough and knead it for 10-15 minutes until it is elastic. Coat the large bowl with olive oil and place your kneaded dough. Turn the dough so it is also coated in oil. Place the bowl in a warm place to sit for 1 hour until the dough is doubled in size.
Flour your working surface and roll out your dough in a shape of a rope. Cut the dough into 10-12 small pieces. Roll out each ball of dough with a floured rolling pin into circles about 5-6 inches and 1/4 inches thick.
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F and place your rack at the bottom of the oven. Bake each circle for 4 minutes. When the bread puffs up, turn over and bake for 2 minutes on the other side. When the pita browns on the second side, remove the pita with a spatula and add additional for baking.
You can store pita bread in a pantry or bread box for a week and up to a month in a freezer
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WI_RUNNER.
Slowly add 1 cup of warm water and stir with a wooden spoon until the mixture is combined. Flour your working surface, place the dough and knead it for 10-15 minutes until it is elastic. Coat the large bowl with olive oil and place your kneaded dough. Turn the dough so it is also coated in oil. Place the bowl in a warm place to sit for 1 hour until the dough is doubled in size.
Flour your working surface and roll out your dough in a shape of a rope. Cut the dough into 10-12 small pieces. Roll out each ball of dough with a floured rolling pin into circles about 5-6 inches and 1/4 inches thick.
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F and place your rack at the bottom of the oven. Bake each circle for 4 minutes. When the bread puffs up, turn over and bake for 2 minutes on the other side. When the pita browns on the second side, remove the pita with a spatula and add additional for baking.
You can store pita bread in a pantry or bread box for a week and up to a month in a freezer
Number of Servings: 8
Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WI_RUNNER.
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 158.5
- Total Fat: 0.9 g
- Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
- Sodium: 366.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 34.3 g
- Dietary Fiber: 5.8 g
- Protein: 6.3 g
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